Newsweek Names Toyota World's Greenest Automaker

December 11, 2017 by Toyota

PLANO, Texas (December 11, 2017) – Newsweek has once again named Toyota one of the world's greenest companies, scoring in the top 5% of global companies, and was named the 'Best in Industry Global' in the automobiles category. Toyota was ranked #16 of the Global 500 greenest companies and #1 in the automobile category.

The award recognizes Toyota for its track record of sustainability achievements and for its eco-sensitive hybrid and fuel cell vehicles, and places the world's largest automaker ahead of such respected companies as Apple, Starbucks and Nike. This year's score improves upon Toyota's past performance on the ranking, reflecting the company's ongoing commitment to green initiatives.

'Toyota is proud to be recognized by Newsweek as the world's top green automaker and as a leader among global companies,' said Jim Lentz, chief executive officer, Toyota Motor North America. 'We are continually working to develop and improve technologies for our operations and vehicles. Our aim is to reduce the impact on the environment, while maintaining affordability for our customers, and position our company as an industry leader in sustainable mobility.'

The annual Newsweek Green Rankings evaluate the world's largest publicly traded companies, using eight metrics to measure environmental performance. Newsweek, in partnership with Corporate Knights and HIP Investor, scores companies against their industry peers on each metric, including energy, water and waste levels. The full Newsweek Green Rankings list is available now on Newsweek's website at http://www.newsweek.com/green-rankings-2017-18.

About Toyota

Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in the U.S. and North America for 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands. During that time, Toyota has created a tremendous value chain as our teams have contributed to world-class design, engineering, and assembly of more than 33 million cars and trucks in North America, where we operate 14 manufacturing plants (10 in the U.S.) and directly employ more than 46,000 people (more than 36,000 in the U.S.). Our 1,800 North American dealerships (nearly 1,500 in the U.S.) sold almost 2.7 million cars and trucks (2.45 million in the U.S.) in 2016 – and about 85 percent of all Toyota vehicles sold over the past 15 years are still on the road today.