Environment, Compliance, and Social Contribution

Compliance

For Toyota, compliance does not mean simply observing laws; it means respecting societal norms and corporate ethics, complying with the expectations of diverse stakeholders, and engaging in fair corporate activities.

Establishing compliance requires steady and earnest efforts in the performance of day-to-day operations. Based on the basic policies of internal control, Toyota is promoting initiatives through the construction and establishment of frameworks - such as the Corporate Ethics Subcommittee, a subcommittee of the CSR Committee - and the development of human resources to raise individual employee awareness of compliance.

Year
Month
Events
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1991
September

Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) establishes its 'Charter of Corporate Behavior'asks its members to establish internal systems related to corporate activities
1992
January
Guiding Principles at Toyota adopted

January
Corporate Ethics Committee established

1996
December

Keidanren revises its Charter of Corporate Behavior
1997
April
Guiding Principles at Toyota revised

1998
January
Code of Conduct for Toyota Employees created

2001
August
Window for Legal Advice Requests established

October
Seminars on business law held covering anti-monopoly laws, corporation laws, labor laws, contracts, etc. (held every year)

2002
October

Keidanren revises its Charter of Corporate Behavior asks its members to ensure adherence to seven items, including establishment of a corporate ethics help line

Legal Seminar for Subsidiary Companies held (twice annually)

2003
March
The Compliance Hotline (for employees) established

2004
May

Keidanren revises its Charter of Corporate Behavior (for the third time)
August
Subsidiary legal education support program started

2005
January
Contribution toward Sustainable Development' CSR policy formulated

July

Japan enacts the Companies Act
2006
March
Toyota Code of Conduct revised

May
Basic Approach to Internal Control formulated

September
Legal News issued


Pocket version of Toyota Code of Conduct created and distributed internally

2007
October
CSR Committee established and merged with the Corporate Ethics Committee, the Corporate Citizenship Activity Committee, and the Environmental Management Committee

2008
August
CSR Policy created

September
Consolidated compliance activities commenced

2010
October

Keidanren revises its Charter of Corporate Behavior (for the fourth time)