Environment and eco-efficiency

Historically, Toyota do Brasil has sought to reduce the environmental impacts from its operations based on the company's global requirements and guidelines, focused on the principles of continuous improvement (kaizen), waste reduction (muda) and reduced variation (mura). Furthermore, due to its maturity and understanding of the extension of its footprint, TDB has strengthened partnerships throughout the value chain and taken extreme care with the performance of its end products.

Toyota do Brasil environmental management is carried out by a corporate team and the areas responsible in each business unit - in particular the manufacturing plants, where most of the business's impacts are concentrated. The key aspects are emissions in production and in logistics, atmospheric emissions, and energy and water consumption.

All the TDB factories have Environmental Management Systems (EMS) based on the Toyota Way and are compliant with the ISO 14001 standard. The Porto Feliz plant, inaugurated in 2016, uses systems aligned with the ecofactory concept, already in place in Sorocaba and more recently implanted in São Bernardo do Campo following the SBC Reborn project (read more in In the Operation).

In addition to its direct operations, the company maintains certification and waste disposal indicators for its dealers and suppliers. Regarding the company's end products, the Engineering, Regulation and Quality areas are focusing on continuously improving vehicle performance.

One advance in fiscal 2015/2016, was the creation of the corporate Environmental Committee, comprising directors and managers from the Production, Procurement, Logistics, Marketing, Post-Sale, Public Relations and Corporate Environmental areas. This meets on a weekly basis to track and analyze the company's key performance indicators.

In 2015, the company reached the end of the current cycle of the Toyota Environmental Action Plan, a set of environmental management targets established by TMC for the country. In this fifth cycle, TDB achieved all its targets - ranging from zero cases of environmental legal non-compliance, complaints and accidents; ISO 14001 certification for suppliers and dealers; and reductions in emissions, water and energy consumption, as well as waste generation.

On a global level, an important landmark was the launch of the Toyota 2050 Environmental Challenge. Comprising six pillars or challenges (see illustration), the plan goes beyond the scope of the Toyota Environmental Action Plan, focused on impact reduction, proposing a long-term vision in which TMC will seek to promote a real and measurable positive impact, especially in the areas of water, emissions and technological innovation.

Toyota 2050 Environmental Challenge

Toyota 2050 Environmental Challenge

"Zero" Challenge

Real Positive Impact Challenge