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The Prius, our flagship hybrid vehicle has won numerous engineering and design awards
over the years, and has simultaneously reaped many environmental awards, including:
• International Engine of the Year 2004: best fuel economy engine
• National Conservation Achievement Award: Presented by the National Wildlife
Federation (March 2002)
• ‘Clean Car Salute’: Awarded by the US-based Clean Car Coalition group (April 2004)
• United States EPA’s First Annual Global Protection Award (2000)
• IntelliChoice’s Best in Class Winner (2006): Top Winner for Lowest Fuel.
Board of Directors and Governance Committees
Governance processes address strategic and operational issues, including social,
environmental and economic issues, which are reported on quarterly to the Toyota South
Africa Board. The Audit and Compliance Committee, consisting of two executive
directors, one non-executive director, and one independent non-executive director,
oversees adherence to international policy and local legislation, across all aspects of
sustainability, including safety, health and the environment.
In the period covered by this report, Ms Elisabeth Bradley 3 , a non-executive director, was
the Board chairman, supported by the Toyota South Africa President and Chief Executive
Officer, Dr Johan van Zyl.The Toyota South Africa Board has 13 members, of whom five are
executive and eight non-executive. Of the executives, two are South African, and three
members are Japanese.The non-executives comprise three South Africans (one of whom
is independent) and five Japanese members.
The current Executive Board members are Messrs S Baba, MG Burger, H Niwa, Y Morita
and Dr JJ van Zyl. The non-Executive directors are Mrs E Bradley, Mr P Robinson, Ms T
Orleyn, H Ochiai* (Alt), H Ninoyu* (Alt), M Mori, H Inoue* (Alt), T Sakai, K Ina* (Alt), T
Kinoshita, K Masui* (Alt), T Yoshioka. The company secretary, who is responsible for
guiding the Board in respect of its duties and responsibilities and for updating the Board
on all new and pending legislation and regulations, is Ms PC Reddy.
3. Effective August 2008, Ms Bradley is no longer chairman.
* Toyota Motor Corporation.
Our Board members undertake annual self-evaluations of their performance.The Board
of Toyota Motor Corporation then undertakes similar reviews of the local Board
members’ individual performance. The self-assessment and the Toyota Motor
Corporation assessment are then compared and discussed. In this way, Toyota is able to
evaluate top management with respect to economic, environmental and social
performance expectations. Sustainability criteria (including health, safety and
environmental indicators) are built into performance contracts across management
levels, and are weighted depending on individual’s roles.
Environmental and Social Committee
Structures
Given the prominence of environmental
matters in Toyota’s business success, Toyota
Motor Corporation established an
Environmental Committee (EC) in 1992.
Over the years, the various regions have
established similar committees (see table
below) and in 2008, the Toyota South Africa
EC met for the first time. The EC arose out
of Toyota Motor Corporation’s Consolidated
Region
Toyota South Africa’s Environmental
Committee was established in 2008.
Year EC Established
Toyota Motor Corporation (Japan) 1992
Europe 2003
North America 2004
South America 2006
Asia Pacific 2007
China 2007
South Africa 2008