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| Conserving Energy Thanks to Abundant Solar Power and Supporting Wild Bird Protection in Return |
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| Indaiatuba Plant, Brazil |
Toyota do Brasil LTDA (TDB), established
in 1958, was Toyota's first overseas vehicle production and sales
company. Until November 2001, TDB had been producing a Land Cruiser
model (local model name Bandeirante). Currently, TDB has two operating
plants under its control: the Indaiatuba Plant which produces the
Corolla, and the Sao Bernardo Plant, which has been transformed into
a parts manufacturing plant for the Corolla and the Hilux produced
in Argentina. TDB has approximately 1,600 employees. It produced approximately
20,000 Corollas in 2002, and sold approximately 26,000 units, including
those imported from Japan and Argentina. |
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| Reducing Environmental Impact at Plants |
| The Sao Bernardo Plant and the Indaiatuba
Plant obtained ISO 14001 certification in March 1999 and April 2001,
respectively. Based on the Environmental Action Guidelines established
in FY2000, both plants have been actively implementing measures to
achieve their environmental goals for 2005. |
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| Reducing VOC Emissions |
TDB
has reduced VOC emissions by introducing body and bumper painting
robots, as well as hand-held electrostatic guns, eliminating
waste in painting operations.
Additionally, TDB has also been taking a multi-faceted approach,
for example by improving the recovery rate for the purge solvent
used when changing paint colors and switching to a water-based
solvent for cleaning equipment. |
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•VOC Emissions (Indaiatuba Plant)
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| Promoting Recycling of Waste |
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the participation of all of its employees, TDB has reduced the
volume of waste generated and is also successfully recycling
94% of the waste generated by individual divisions and processes
by keeping detailed records on the waste and sorting it. |
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•Volume of Waste Generated per Vehicle (Indaiatuba Plant)
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| Conserving Water |
| Various water-conservation measures
have been implemented, with a focus on reuse, such as reusing the
rinse water discharged from the pre-treatment process at the paint
shop for a previous process. |
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| Energy Conservation Measures |
Since more than 90% of electricity
in Brazil is hydroelectrically generated, CO2 emissions from power
generation are much lower than in other regions of the world.
However, this heavy reliance on water can also be a curse. The power
shortage of 2001 caused by drought is still fresh in people's memories.
Therefore, TDB has been actively implementing energy conservation
measures. For example, TDB uses the heat from boilers to preheat the
water to be supplied to the boilers, and has installed solar panels
on building rooftops to take advantage of the stable sunlight level
in the region, using the generated heat for the pre-treatment process
at the paint shop. These measures also help to greatly reduce TDB's
operating costs. |
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Solar panels installed on plant rooftop |
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•Energy Consumption per Vehicle (Indaiatuba Plant)
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| Reforestation Project |
| Within the Indaiatuba Plant site,
450,000m2 of land was left unused and was planted with trees. A forest
of this size is considered necessary to absorb the CO2 emitted from
the plant. |
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| Supporting the Blue Macaw Conservation Project |
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| Toyota vehicles being used in the Blue Macaw Conservation Project |
Since 1991, TDB has been supporting
a project to protect the Blue Macaw (locally known as "araras azuis"),
a wild bird that is facing the risk of extinction. TDB has so far
donated one Bandeirante and two Hilux vehicles, which are providing
essential transportation for the project in the Pantanal (wetland)
region. The project has successfully tripled the number of Blue Macaws
in the past 13 years. |
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| Cooperation with Business Partners |
In addition to environmental preservation
efforts at the plant, TDB issued the "Supplier Environmental Guidelines"
to parts and materials manufacturers, and all of the targeted companies
are aiming to obtain ISO 14001 certification by 2005. TDB also issued
the "Dealer Environmental Guidelines" to dealers in 2002, and has
been supporting model dealers in their efforts toward obtaining ISO
14001 certification.
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report can be also viewed online at http://www.toyota.com.br |
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