Environmental leadership
Our global company vision has sustainability at its very heart. We make mobility solutions that are cleaner, safer and smarter to keep society connected – and we are committed to minimising or, where possible, eliminating environmental impact at every single step.
Since 2015, Toyota has been working towards six ambitious environmental challenges. The plan is to meet them by 2050, achieving specific mid-term goals by 2030 for electrified vehicle sales, vehicle and factory emission reductions, water use and battery recycling and conservation. The strategy will mean zero environmental impact across all vehicle-related operations, whilst also helping to build a cleaner, more natural, yet fully mobile world.
We want to reduce CO2 emissions from our vehicles by 90% by 2050, compared to 2010 levels, with 35% delivered by 2030. We are developing next-generation vehicles with low or zero carbon emissions and making our conventional models more efficient.
We are working to remove carbon emissions from materials and parts manufacture, logistics and the disposal and recycling methods used when vehicles reach the end of their life. Our goal is zero CO2 vehicle life cycle emissions, with a 25% reduction delivered by 2030.
CO2 emissions are also released during vehicle manufacture. By improving the technologies we use and switching to alternative power sources, we aim to make our factories CO2 free, with a 35% reduction delivered by 2030
By conserving supplies, reducing water use during manufacture and increasing water re-use, we aim to be sensitive to local needs. By 2030, we will introduce more recycling at four plants.
Population growth, economic demands and lifestyle choices place pressure on natural resources and create waste. We want to shape an effective resource/recycling-based society with complete global battery collection and recycling systems, creating 30 vehicle recycling facilities by 2030.
We all need to conserve our forests and other rich ecosystems. Our projects include improving environmental education and raising awareness of ways to live in harmony with the natural world, establishing 19 “Plants in Harmony with Nature” by 2030.
Since 1993, the plant has seen:
82% drop in water consumption
72% reduction in waste per vehicle
79% drop in VOC emissions
The 2.35 million m2 Toyota UK plant at Burnaston, Derbyshire illustrates the company’s commitment to executing the Challenge 2050 strategy.
Achievements to date include:
A large solar array with the ability to produce 4.6 million kwh per year (approx. 7,000 cars per year)
Toyota is creating Woven City – a prototype city of the future located at the base of Mount Fuji.
The new, 175-acre urban development in Higashi-Fuji will offer a fully connected ecosystem and be powered by clean energy produced through hydrogen fuel cells. Full-time residents and researchers will be able to test and develop technologies such as autonomy, robotics, personal mobility, smart homes and artificial intelligence in a real-world environment.
Buildings will be predominantly constructed using carbon neutral wood and adopt a combination of traditional Japanese joinery techniques and robotic production methods. Roof tops will be covered in photo-voltaic panels to generate solar power in addition to the electrical energy generated by the hydrogen fuel cells, and native vegetation will be woven throughout the city.
