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In FY2002,
a year of intensified activity for Toyota's consolidated environmental
management system (consolidated EMS), a range of initiatives was promoted
worldwide, including the instigation in Europe of a European Environment
Committee and the expansion of environmental improvement expertise
from the production area to the sales area in all regions of the world.
Regarding individual businesses, production companies acted to reduce
environmental impact in line with Environmental Action Plans formulated
by each company, while sales companies moved forward with the steadily
paced construction of environmental management systems.
Toyota supported the activities of companies subject to consolidated
EMS by holding the Toyota Global EMS Liaison, where these companies
shared their best practices, conducting training programs for persons-in-charge
at the relevant companies, and promoting cooperation with controlling
companies in Europe and the U.S. |
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| Initiatives Toward Consolidated Environmental Management |
In FY2000, Toyota started full-scale
implementation of consolidated EMS, which unites Japanese and overseas
companies involved in the production and sales of Toyota vehicles
in concerted action.
Toyota considers it important that initiatives to reduce environmental
impact are not implemented by TMC (Toyota Motor Corporation) alone,
but rather carried out on a consolidated basis involving all related
companies, over the entire lifecycle of the vehicle —from development
through production and sales.
Consolidated environmental management by companies that are involved
in the production and sales of Toyota vehicles makes it possible to
develop environmental activities more comprehensively and efficiently,
for instance through the expansion of best practices or exchange of
expertise on the acquisition of ISO certification.
Consolidated EMS activities also assist in reinforced risk management.
Toyota promotes such activities by providing proper support and monitoring,
based on the awareness that every production and sales activity in
each of the different countries and regions of the world reflects
directly on Toyota's reputation. |
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•Percentage of Vehicles Produced and Sold by Companies
Subject to Consolidated EMS Compared to Overall
Worldwide Figures
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•Scope of Consolidated Environmental Management
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| Companies Subject to the Consolidated EMS |
The consolidated EMS covers a total
of 6131 companies. This includes not only all financially consolidated
subsidiaries, but also major production companies, overseas distributors
and others not subject to consolidated accounting. They fall into
the following four major categories:
(1) 184 subsidiaries which are financially consolidated and under
direct control of TMC
(2) 27 major production companies and overseas distributors which
are not subject to consolidated accounting
(3) 5 corporations2 from other types of businesses3 with close relations
to TMC
(4) 397 financially consolidated subsidiaries, that are sub-subsidiaries
of TMC
Environmental management at the companies in categories (1), (2)
and (3) is promoted through coordination with TMC. With regard to
the companies in (4), the companies in (1) control the sub-subsidiaries
below them. Environmental management is promoted through collective
reports made to TMC.
Consolidated environmental management covers companies which, though
not subject to consolidated accounting, respond to an invitation by
TMC to participate based on the criteria listed below, and companies
which, even if small in scale, independently express a wish to participate.
1) In the production area, companies with a certain production capacity
that produce Toyota vehicles.
2) In the sales area, companies which meet a certain market scale
and sales volume.
1. As of the end of March 2003
2. 5 corporations: Four educational corporations (one university and
three engineering colleges) and one co-operative society, which also
have a close relationship with TMC, and are subject to consolidated
environmental management as well because they have a certain level
of environmental impact
3. Other types of businesses: Holding companies, controlling companies,
design companies, motorsports related companies, non-automotive business
companies, etc. |
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| TMC's Requirements from Companies Subject to Consolidated EMS |
| As detailed in the table below, Toyota
requests that companies subject to consolidated EMS fulfill certain
requirements according to their area of business. Toyota also monitors
the progress of activities at each of the companies. For production
companies, Toyota monitors the level of attainment of fiscal year
goals defined in the Environmental Action Plan, while for sales companies,
Toyota offers appropriate support measures in line with their reports
on the implementation status of their Environmental Action Plans. |
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| •TMC's Requirements from Companies Subject to Consolidated EMS |
| Production Companies |
1. Jointly adopt the Toyota Earth
Charter and draft individual environmental policies
2. Draft and promote an environmental action plan based on the guidelines
presented by Toyota, which specify reduction rates by region for CO2
and substances of environmental concern, waste, and water consumption
3. Attain top level environmental responses based on actual conditions
in each country and region |
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| Sales and Other types of Businesses |
1. Jointly adopt the Toyota Earth
Charter and draft individual environmental policies
2. Create an environmental management system; reduce environmental
impact, make social contributions, and carry out environmental communication
in line with facilities at each company or dealer and the nature of
business
3. Attain top level environmental responses based on actual conditions
in each country and region |
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In FY2002, counting both Japanese
and overseas affiliates, three production companies, one production/sales
company and three sales companies were newly included under the scope
of consolidated EMS.
Five companies moved out of the scope of consolidated EMS due to
exclusion from consolidated accounting resulting from a change in
the equity share, or for other reasons. As a result, the total number
of companies subject to consolidated EMS stands at 613. |
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