Toyota and Environmental Responsibility

Paper Summary:

This paper examines the response of a major manufacturing concern, Toyota, to the problems of global warming and the environment. The writer states that global warming has been established as a critical issue that has been engendered by years of pollution and abuse of the environment. This places particular emphasis and responsibility on modern industry to curb rates of carbon emissions affecting aspects such as global warming. The author examines Toyota's efforts to implement strategies and undertake projects to improve environmental issues and to reduce the impact of the industry on world pollution and climate change. The paper is extensively footnoted.

Outline:
Introduction and overview
Assessment
Communication and advertising
Design and Energy Efficiency
Summation and Conclusion
Summation and Conclusion

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"One of the aspects of Toyota's efforts that have been assessed in a positive light is the fact that the company has a comprehensive environmental management system. The company has developed an Environmental Committee chaired by the president of the company that oversees environmental issues. Training also forms an important component of the overall environment strategy and management process in the company. This training is intended to enable staff to implement the environmental management system and to ensure the dissemination of lessons and best practices on environmental evaluations. This training is also related to the 'Global Vision 2010'. This refers to an objective that will enable the company to become a world leader of global regeneration with the use of environmental technologies; which includes the reduction of the company's carbon footprint."

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