Toyota Publishes 'Sustainability Report 2008'

JCN Newswires, August 28, 2008

Tokyo, Aug 28, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today the publication of its "Sustainability Report 2008: Towards a New Future for People, Society and the Planet", which outlines TMC's environmental and social activities conducted primarily during 2007*1 and the concepts and policies that serve as their foundation.

TMC has made specific effort to clearly emphasize its philosophy concerning "sustainability in three areas" by labeling special-feature pages at the beginning of the report "Sustainable Mobility", "Sustainable Plant Initiatives" and "Sustainable Social Contribution", thus making these pages key, new features of the 2008 issue.

"Vision and Structures", the introductory segment, details TMC's Global 2020 initiatives. It firstly describes the type of company TMC?now celebrating its 70th anniversary?is aiming to become, and secondly explains the role of the CSR Committee, established within TMC to oversee and promote activities vital to facilitate the fulfillment of TMC's social responsibilities.

The main body of the report has three sections. The first, regarding the environment, presents TMC's fundamental activities and ideas regarding reduction of energy use, global warming countermeasures and further initiatives for reducing CO2 emissions in production. The section also contains Toyota's "Biodiversity Guidelines", which are the basic concepts underlying TMC's work in this area.

The second section concerns social contribution activities and gives information about the establishment of Toyota Loops Corporation, which works to encourage greater employment of disabled people. Toyota Partner Robots, which represent a new direction in TMC's social contribution activities, are also covered in this section.

The final section contains basic financial data and sales information from the Annual Report 2008 for investors*2, which was released on August 25, 2008.

TMC's overseas affiliates and related companies now publish national and regional reports in 12 countries and regions including Japan, with those regions together accounting for approximately 84% of Toyota vehicle sales throughout the world.

TMC has been issuing an annual report regarding its environmental activities since 1998, but starting in 2006 it added social and economic sections and changed the name of the report to the Sustainability Report. This year marks the eleventh issue.

TMC plans to continue to expand and improve its global disclosure of information.

*1 Years mentioned are business years starting on April 1.

*2 Available for download at http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/ir/library/annual/pdf/2008/index.html

About Toyota Motor Corporation

Established in 1937, Toyota Motor Corporation (TSE: 7203; NYSE: TM), which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, has developed into one of the world's best known automobile manufacturers. The Toyota Group sold over 8.5 million vehicles under the Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu, and Hino brands in more than 170 countries and regions in fiscal 2007. Further, the Company's production is firmly rooted in local communities, with 52 companies manufacturing vehicles and parts in 26 countries and regions. Toyota had approximately 300,000 employees on a consolidated basis at the end of fiscal 2007. The company is headquartered in Aichi, Japan. For more information, please visit www.toyota.co.jp/en/index.html .

Source: Toyota Motor Corporation

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