Better Health for All

Toyota has issued numerous recalls in 2025 and early 2026, affecting over 3.3 million vehicles for various safety defects, including instrument panel failure, rearview camera image failure, driver airbag malfunction, fuel pump failure, and fire risk from engine starter corrosion.

These incidents include violations of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. The company's operations generate health-harming externalities, such as Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions of 823,870 MT CO2e in FY2025, and logistics GHG emissions of 886,580 Metric Tons CO2e. However, Toyota has reduced Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions by 32% since FY2019 and aims for carbon neutrality at North American facilities by 2035. The company also reduced single-use plastics at on-site food services by over 75% by FY2025. Toyota was recognized as a Sports Yell Company 2025+ by the Japan Sports Agency for promoting employee health, with 70% or more of employees participating in sports at least once a week. Additionally, Toyota fully funds the Toyota Indonesia Community Academy (AKTI), a community college where 80% of 96 students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, providing them with education and a 100% employment rate post-graduation.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

The provided articles do not contain specific, concrete data points to assess Toyota Motor Corporation against the 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' ethical value. While Toyota's Code of Conduct mentions providing financial services that comply with fair lending principles,

there is no evidence of specific regulatory findings, fines, or proactive practices related to fair lending. Information regarding underserved client share, pricing fairness, exploitative fee exposure, inclusion initiatives (as a share of loan book), data accessibility, wealth-building outcomes, profit reinvestment in community finance, debt burden ratio, geographic inclusion, or product simplicity for financial services is not available. The company's support for the National Center for Families Learning focuses on literacy and learning programs, not direct financial inclusion lending with a measurable share of the loan book or specific wealth-building outcomes as defined by the rubric.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

Toyota Motor Corporation reported a global Frequency of Lost Workday Cases of 0.28 in FY2023.

Toyota Boshoku Türkiye, a production facility, reported a Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 2.59 in 2023. Toyota Kirloskar Motor in India reported a Lost Time Injuries Frequency Rate of 0.25 in FY 2023-24. Employee satisfaction survey results for Toyota Boshoku Türkiye showed a 74% satisfaction rate. The voluntary turnover rate for the Toyota Tsusho Group consolidated was 7.2%, while for Toyota Boshoku Türkiye, the permanent company members turnover rate was 0.2% in 2022 and 2023. Toyota Motor Corporation's Integrated Report 2023 disclosed successive irregularities at Hino Motors, Daihatsu, and Toyota Industries Corporation involving misconduct related to certification systems, where products that should not have been sold were delivered to customers. An Independent Third-Party Committee found new irregularities in 174 items within 25 test categories encompassing 64 models and 3 engines of vehicles at Daihatsu. The public announcement of Hino's certification misconduct came more than a year after the situation was learned, and Toyota Industries' misconduct took about ten months to announce.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

Toyota Industries Group (TICO) performs an annual survey on conflict minerals at 95% of applicable non-consolidated suppliers.

From FY2025, TICO expanded its survey to include cobalt and mica in addition to 3TG (tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold), with 95% of suppliers returning the survey form for cobalt and mica. TICO conducted risk diagnosis and assessments of smelters/refiners for these minerals and found no significant risk. Toyota Motor Corporation filed its Conflict Minerals Report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in May 2024. Toyota's Supplier Sustainability Guidelines, revised in 2021, are informed to tier 1 suppliers, and Toyota asks all tier 1 suppliers to implement basic initiatives based on the TOYOTA Green Purchasing Guidelines and deploy them to tier 2 and subsequent suppliers. Toyota Tsusho Group's "Supply Chain Sustainability Behavioral Guidelines" were revised in July 2025, stating the group does not tolerate child labor, prohibits forced labor, and will pay wages exceeding the living wage. Toyota was recognized as "Corporation of the Year" by the National Minority Supplier Development Council in October 2017, but no specific percentage of procurement budget directed to minority suppliers is provided.

Kind to Animals

Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) developed 20,616.6 acres of pollinator habitat since FY2022 and supported 10,338 acres by the end of 2023.

TMNA aims to support 26,000 acres of pollinator habitat by the end of 2025 or FY2026. Additionally, 17 TMNA sites, covering over 640 acres, have achieved Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) Conservation Certification. Toyota Tsusho, a group company, has planted 20,000 trees in Brazil since 2007 and approximately 500,000 trees in Slovenia.

No War, No Weapons

Toyota Motor Corporation's Code of Conduct, effective October 2023, states that the company respects the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Toyota's Sustainability Data Book (October 2022) also refers to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and conducts human rights due diligence, prioritizing salient risks for 2022 including migrant labor, child labor, harassment, and discrimination. Toyota has a "Policies and Approaches to Responsible Mineral Sourcing" based on OECD guidance and uses the Cobalt Reporting Template (CRT) from RMI to clarify the cobalt supply chain, identifying several smelters as of March 31, 2020. Toyo Tire, a subsidiary, assesses 90% of its raw material transaction amount for environmental and social risks, including conflict minerals, and requests suppliers to trace back to smelters.

Planet-Friendly Business

Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) reported total Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions of 823,870 MT CO2e in FY2025, a 32% reduction from FY2019.

However, Scope 3 emissions for purchased goods and services are not yet reported, and the company's global emissions are significantly higher at 170 million tCO2e in FY2024. The company aims for carbon neutrality in North American facilities by 2035 and across the vehicle life cycle by 2050. Currently, 35% of electricity purchased is from renewable sources. In FY2025, 92% of all waste was recycled, reused, or repurposed, and the company achieved a 31% reduction in procurement of packaging materials from FY2018 levels. Toyota reported zero environmental violations resulting in a fine of USD $5,000 or more in FY2025. Approximately 9% of total water withdrawal in FY2024 came from areas of "extremely high" or "high" overall water risk. Sixteen facilities have achieved LEED certification, and 20,616 acres of pollinator habitat have been developed since FY2022. The company requires suppliers to set and meet an annual absolute reduction target of at least 5.5% for Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions, with 152 suppliers having set a CO2 reduction target of at least 3% per year.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

Toyota has 14 formal partnerships with local community groups, including two in North America with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Brotherhood Sister Sol, and 12 in Italy with organizations such as Special Olympics, BNKR Toyota Wheel Park, and WeWorld Onlus.

The company has active protection measures for cultural and heritage sites, with its Shirakawa-Go Eco-Institute, Forest of Toyota, and Mie Miyagawa Forest Project receiving environmental certifications in 2023. Toyota made a $75,000 donation to Music Will in December 2025, which supports music education programs. However, Toyota had one reported cultural appropriation incident in 2014 related to a 'Swagger Wagon' commercial.

Safe & Smart Tech

Toyota experienced multiple significant data breaches within the past three years. In October 2025, a 64GB data leak occurred.

In May 2025, two separate cloud misconfigurations led to the exposure of car-location information for approximately 2.15 million customers (exposed for 10 years) and personal information for over 260,000 customers (exposed for 8 years). Another leak, disclosed in October 2025, exposed email addresses and management numbers of about 300,000 customers for 5 years due to an access key left on GitHub. In August 2024, 240GB of stolen data, including employee, customer, financial, and network infrastructure information, was leaked. Toyota Financial Services also warned customers of a Medusa ransomware attack in late 2023 or early 2024. The company has faced allegations of collecting and sharing driver data with third parties without securing transmission, though a lower court dismissed these claims. One data leak was attributed to a cloud misconfiguration allowing database access without a password. Toyota implemented an automated system to monitor cloud configurations after previous incidents, but critical vulnerabilities were alleged to be known and unaddressed. The company stated it would deal with cases in accordance with personal information protection laws in each country. User control over data was limited, with a form and call center created post-breach for specific incidents. Security testing was noted as lacking routine audits.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

Toyota's North American operations achieved a 93% waste diversion rate in calendar year 2023.

The company's vehicle design values indicate a recyclability rate of 85% or more. In North America, Toyota has achieved over a 75% reduction in single-use plastics at on-site food services. Toyota Motor Corporation reported 3 environmental non-compliance issues in the production area outside Japan in 2022. The company has a target to reduce procurement of packaging materials by 25% by FY2026 from FY2018 levels, having achieved almost a 31% reduction. Toyota requires suppliers to set and meet an annual absolute reduction target of at least 5.5% for Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions.