The automotive industry has entered a once-in-a-century period of profound transformation. The birth and evolution of advanced technologies, such as autonomous driving, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT), are poised to greatly expand the potential of mobility. Toyota Tsusho sees these changes as business opportunities and will aim to reduce the number of road accidents and achieve zero traffic casualties to contribute to the development of a safe and comfortable mobility society by utilizing material innovation and autonomous driving and advanced safe driving support technologies and engaging in such initiatives as improving the traffic infrastructure.

Climate change is a major issue that affects all life on Earth. To tackle this issue, Toyota Tsusho is actively increasing sales of next-generation eco-cars (HEVs^*1, PHEVs^*1, BEVs^*1, FCEVs^*1, etc.), developing infrastructure such as hydrogen stations, reducing vehicle weight by using alternative materials, and securing lithium resources that support increased production of the automotive batteries essential for eco-cars. Our initiatives include reducing automobile CO₂ emissions and CO₂ emissions throughout product life cycles, including in the logistics business, and eliminating CO₂ emissions from factories/plants. Further, we will contribute to the realization of a decarbonized society with renewable energy, leveraging the largest wind power generation company in Japan, Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation, and one of the largest solar power generation companies in Japan, Terras Energy Corporation.

Natural resources are not limitless. We must reduce our impact on the environment by efficiently using and reusing these resources. As a trading company involved in manufacturing, Toyota Tsusho considers it a vital mission to consider the environment and secure and stably provide resources.

To effectively use these limited resources, we will turn waste into resources. We will develop recycling businesses including recovery and processing of recyclable resources from scrap generated from end-of-life vehicles (ELVs), in the market, and at factories/plants, secure resources through urban mining, reuse used vehicles and parts, and recycle plastics, thereby contributing to a recycling-based society.

Toyota Tsusho undertakes local infrastructure development, industrial development, job creation, and other measures to solve social issues in developing countries in Africa and other regions through its automotive business and other business activities.

In Kenya, for example, we have been working as a strategic business partner of the country to support the realization of its national vision. Using this experience as a pilot model, we will promote the autonomy of the people who live there by developing basic infrastructure to improve living environments and providing opportunities for occupational training, while achieving the growth of Toyota Tsusho.

All corporate activities are supported by social trust and sustained by social confidence. Toyota Tsusho does its utmost to ensure safety at related companies and the safety of all workers. We are constantly engaged in activities that earn society’s trust and confidence, such as conducting safety education activities at plants and offices using our Practical Safety Workshop and ensuring high levels of quality that guarantee safety and (COCE) security.

In our day-to-day operations, we define specific codes of conduct for all sites and offices, both in Japan and overseas, and strictly comply with laws and regulations such as those concerned with preventing corruption or anticompetitive behavior. We are improving our management transparency and enhancing our corporate governance.

Toyota Tsusho promotes Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) as part of its management strategy.
We aim to create work environments that leverage the strengths of diverse personnel and are undertaking reforms to implement more flexible and productive ways of working.

Also, we are working to develop human resources who can create business from a global perspective and who can achieve success in the global market, and are providing occupational training opportunities to local communities and actively developing human resources within and outside the company who are valuable to and contribute to society. Starting with our company, we are taking measures to eliminate child labor and forced labor from our entire supply chain, thereby improving the labor environment from various perspectives as a company that values and protects people.