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TOYOTA NORTH AMERICA ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT TOYOTA 2002 Printed on recycled paper, 10% post-consumer waste. Lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium are not used in our coating formulations. © 2002 00325-ENV02-NAER TOYOTA NORTH AMERICA E NVIRONMENTAL R EPORT CONTENTS A Message from Our Leaders ...........................................................................page 2 Corporate Profile ..............................................................................................page 4 Environmental Management.............................................................................page 8 Life Cycle I: Development and Design ...................................................page 16 Life Cycle II: Manufacturing ....................................................................page 24 Life Cycle III: Sales ...................................................................................page 32 Life Cycle IV: Recycling End-of-Life Vehicles .......................................page 40 Environmental Contributions ..........................................................................page 44 Information ........................................................................................................page 48 S COPE OF T HIS R EPORT The period covered in this report is fiscal year April 1, 2001 through March 31, 2002, and product model year 2002. If data are presented with different dates, this is clearly indicated. Corporate data, and data from our manufacturing companies, includes our Canadian operations. Toyota Canada Inc. produces a companion report to this report, which provides more detailed information regarding our environmental activities in Canada. Last year, we published our first North American Environmental Report. In it we discussed the environmental aspects of our products and processes and outlined environmental action plans to address them. We committed to provide a progress update against our plans. This second report does that, and covers environmental issues pertinent to our activities in North America. As in our first report, we have structured this report to replicate the life cycle of our business, from design to manufacture, and sales to end-of-life management. This report was published in December 2002. For additional information about Toyota, please visit our website: www.toyota.com. This report can be accessed at www.toyota.com/environment.We listened to your comments and suggestions from our last report, and we have used them to improve this year’s report.We would appreciate hearing from you again. Cover: Prius,Toyota’s award-winning, hybrid, passenger car, is the world’s first mass-produced, gasoline-electric automobile. page one TOYOTA NORTH AMERICA E NVIRONMENTAL R EPORT CONTENTS A Message from Our Leaders ...........................................................................page 2 Corporate Profile ..............................................................................................page 4 Environmental Management.............................................................................page 8 Life Cycle I: Development and Design ...................................................page 16 Life Cycle II: Manufacturing ....................................................................page 24 Life Cycle III: Sales ...................................................................................page 32 Life Cycle IV: Recycling End-of-Life Vehicles .......................................page 40 Environmental Contributions ..........................................................................page 44 Information ........................................................................................................page 48 S COPE OF T HIS R EPORT The period covered in this report is fiscal year April 1, 2001 through March 31, 2002, and product model year 2002. If data are presented with different dates, this is clearly indicated. Corporate data, and data from our manufacturing companies, includes our Canadian operations. Toyota Canada Inc. produces a companion report to this report, which provides more detailed information regarding our environmental activities in Canada. Last year, we published our first North American Environmental Report. In it we discussed the environmental aspects of our products and processes and outlined environmental action plans to address them. We committed to provide a progress update against our plans. This second report does that, and covers environmental issues pertinent to our activities in North America. As in our first report, we have structured this report to replicate the life cycle of our business, from design to manufacture, and sales to end-of-life management. This report was published in December 2002. For additional information about Toyota, please visit our website: www.toyota.com. This report can be accessed at www.toyota.com/environment.We listened to your comments and suggestions from our last report, and we have used them to improve this year’s report.We would appreciate hearing from you again. Cover: Prius,Toyota’s award-winning, hybrid, passenger car, is the world’s first mass-produced, gasoline-electric automobile. page one A MESSAGE FROM O UR L EADERS Toyota has had a long history of concern for the environment and is actively seeking ways to meet the growing transportation needs of society in DEAR READER ways that won’t harm our Earth. We are proud to present our second annual Environmental M ANUFACTURING E NVIRONMENTAL C ONTRIBUTIONS The 21st century will provide tremendous challenges for Performance Report for Toyota North America. Toyota has We reduced our energy consumption per unit of produc- Toyota was the major corporate sponsor of 2002 National all of us. One of the biggest will be finding new ways for had a long history of concern for the environment and is tion by seven percent, and our Indiana truck plant earned Public Lands Day, the largest one-day volunteer cleanup cars and the environment to peacefully co-exist. Toyota actively seeking ways to meet the growing transportation a “Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence” in of our nation’s parks. We received a “Connie,” a National stands ready for that challenge. We look forward to work- needs of society in ways that won’t harm our Earth. Pollution Prevention. Conservation Achievement Award from the National ing cooperatively with government agencies, communi- Wildlife Federation. ties, environmental groups, customers, suppliers, share- To do that, we carefully examine our products, business S ALES/USE holders, our associates and the public to reduce the strategies and daily operations each year and set goals for An estimated 94 percent of Toyota and Lexus vehicles Overall, we’ve made good progress during the past year, impact of the automobile on our earth. We can’t do it improvement. This report outlines our progress during sold in the U.S. were EPA-certified as Low Emission but we realize there’s much more to be done. Continuous alone, but we can do it together. 2002 and many of the goals we’ve set for the future. Vehicles (LEV) or better, and more than one-third were improvement is a key principle of our company culture Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEV). In addition, the and we intend to make more significant progress in 2003 Here are some key highlights from each stage of our business: Toyota Prius gas/electric hybrid sedan was the best-selling and beyond. In fact, our recently-released Global Vision D ESIGN AND D EVELOPMENT Sincerely, hybrid vehicle in America. 2010 initiative sets “concern for the earth” as one of our We improved our fuel efficiency by four-to-eight percent in E ND- OF-LIFE/RECYCLING four top business priorities. nine vehicle configurations, and the joint U.S. Environ- mental Protection Agency (EPA)/U.S. Department of For the first time, North American targets were set for con- Energy (DOE) 2002 Model Year Fuel Economy Guide ranked tinued management of Substances of Concern, including four 2002 Toyota models as class fuel economy leaders. arsenic, hexavalent chrome, cadmium, mercury, and lead. Dennis Cuneo, Senior Vice Atsushi “Art”Niimi, President and Toshiaki “Tag”Taguchi, President President,Toyota Motor Chief Executive Officer,Toyota Motor and Chief Executive Officer, Manufacturing North America, Inc. Manufacturing North America, Inc. Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Jim Olson, Senior Vice President, Jim Press, Executive Vice President Yoshi Inaba,President Toyota Motor North America, Inc. and Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Executive Officer, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Tadashi “George”Yamashina, Dave Baxter,Vice President, President,Toyota Technical Center, Toyota Technical Center, U.S.A., Inc. U.S.A., Inc. The Toyota Leadership, from left to right: Dennis Cuneo, Art Niimi,Tag Taguchi, Jim Olson, Jim Press,Yoshi Inaba,George Yamashina, and Dave Baxter. page two TOYOTA NORTH AMERICA ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 2002 page three A MESSAGE FROM O UR L EADERS Toyota has had a long history of concern for the environment and is actively seeking ways to meet the growing transportation needs of society in DEAR READER ways that won’t harm our Earth. We are proud to present our second annual Environmental M ANUFACTURING E NVIRONMENTAL C ONTRIBUTIONS The 21st century will provide tremendous challenges for Performance Report for Toyota North America. Toyota has We reduced our energy consumption per unit of produc- Toyota was the major corporate sponsor of 2002 National all of us. One of