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Summary
Toyota’s performance in this year’s Leaderboard is a mixed bag. The company achieved some notable improvements to its human rights score, improving its performance on most human rights areas. Particularly noteworthy is its score improvement of 16 percentage points on responsible mineral sourcing, the second largest score increase for this subsection. All in all, the company has increased its overall human rights performance by 8 percentage points, allowing it to move from 15th to 14th place in the human rights ranking.
In stark contrast, for the second year running, Toyota did not improve its climate and environment score at all. In fact, Toyota is the only automaker evaluated since 2023 that has not improved its climate and environment performance in the slightest. Taken together with its lack of progress on the transition to electric vehicles and its abysmal rating from InfluenceMap on anti-climate lobbying, the company’s continued poor performance on supply chain decarbonization further cements Toyota’s reputation as the biggest climate laggard of the automotive industry.
Key Findings
- Has set a 2050 target to eliminate all lifecycle emissions, but lacks interim targets for its supply chain and discloses practically nothing in the way of efforts to reduce GHG emissions in its supply chain.
- One of the few automakers that continues to score 0% on the subsections focused on aluminum and steel decarbonization.
- Has still not improved its climate lobbying performance, continuing to be rated by InfluenceMap as one of the most obstructive automakers when it comes to climate policy.
- Discloses slightly more information on some aspects of its human rights due diligence process, although its overall level of transparency in this area is still poor, particularly in relation to its risk identification and assessment processes, as well as the statistical data it provides to demonstrate supplier monitoring activities.
- Has now published a standalone responsible mineral sourcing policy that applies across all minerals and metals, and has significantly improved conflict minerals mapping efforts and disclosures, including in relation to smelters and refiners.
- Performance on Indigenous Peoples’ rights remains abysmal, continuing to score 0% due to a lack of commitments, processes, or actions in this area.
- Improved its score on workers’ rights due to greater disclosure of workers’ rights risks in its supply chain, particularly in relation to child labour and forced labour. However, still fails to cover the basics, such as clearly committing to all ILO fundamental principles and rights at work, and unequivocally requiring suppliers to respect these rights.
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Our Vision
01 — Equitably
Respecting and advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples, workers, and local communities throughout the supply chain.
02 — Sustainably
Preserving and restoring environmental health and biodiversity across supply chains, while reducing primary resource demand through efficient resource use and increased recycled content.
03 — Fossil-free
100% electric and made with a fossil fuel-free supply chain.