Toyota Summary

Brief Description of Company:

As the world's second largest automaker, Toyota designs, tests, manufactures, sells, and services vehicles and vehicle  components.  Toyota markets vehicles in over 170 countries.  Toyota’s diversified operations include telecommunications, prefabricated housing and leisure boats. As of March 2006, Toyota had revenues of over $179 billion and employed more than 280,000 people worldwide.  Toyota is headquartered in Aichi, Japan.  The Chairman of Toyota is Fujio Cho.  View Toyota’s Web site for more information.


Targets:

• Toyota plants in North America targeted to reduce energy consumption (per unit of production) by 15 percent from 2000 levels by 2006, actual reduction was 30%.
  
  
• Reduce worldwide production CO₂ emissions (volume/sales unit) 20 percent from FY2001 levels by FY2010.
  
  
• Toyota plants in North America target to reduce energy consumption (per unit of production) by 27 percent from 2002 levels by 2011.

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President:

Jim Press, President, Toyota Motor North America


President Quote Regarding Climate Change:

"Toyota created the world's first mass-produced hybrid electric vehicle, the Prius, as one of several diverse approaches to a cleaner car, cleaner air, and a cleaner environment."