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SOCIAL ASPECTS is made to assist in improving the school further. The Albert Wessels Trust pays half of the donation and TSAM the other half. The school then submits a business plan on the usage of the funds. The number of schools enrolled in the programme continues to grow, and exam results from these schools have been excellent, making them schools of choice in their communities. Rally to Read TSAM and partners READ Educational Trust, McCarthy Motor Holdings and the Financial Mail initiated the Rally to Read project 11 years ago. Companies are invited to purchase boxes filled with books selected by READ to be donated to rural schools. These boxes are delivered to schools in all provinces annually in May, using Toyota 4x4 vehicles. Over the years the number of companies participating in this project has increased tremendously, leading to an increased number of rural schools and learners receiving reading material and teacher development. FET capacity building workshops Seven FET institutions based in communities surrounding the Prospecton Plant were invited to attend a capacity building workshop at TSAM. The workshop had three objectives: • To support local technical education institutions with relevant information, skills requirements and technological advancements; • To better understand key challenges at school/college level relating to the provision of quality technical education; and • To expose technical trainers to a manufacturing environment. A follow-up meeting was held with the same institutions to discuss their needs, which will be addressed going forward. Youth and skills development Toyota Technical Education Programme The Toyota Technical Education Programme (T-TEP) is a successful apprentice training programme aimed at providing technically minded school leavers with a career path within the Toyota dealer network. More 52 Toyota South Africa Motors Sustainability Report 2010 Marelda van Staden was the first female scholar to win the annual T-TEP Skills Competition at the Toyota Academy. Pictured with her are, from left to right: Mr T O’Donoghue, Mr E Koyama and Mr T Molapo. than R2-million a year is allocated to the programme, which was introduced in 1990. T-TEP has four main objectives: • Recruit promising learners into the Toyota dealer network on an annual basis; • Assist selected technical institutions with hi-tech support and training back-up; • Assist young trainees that have just joined Toyota dealers with high quality training; and • Provide an attractive and lucrative career path for young people, while promoting loyalty to the dealer network and TSAM. TSAM now has 14 schools engaged in the programme. In FY08, TSAM opened Phoenix Technical School in Durban. This is the first dual school, running Technical and Body and Paint training. TSAM runs annual T-TEP teacher seminars, where educators meet to discuss how to better align the T-TEP syllabus with the school syllabus. A T-TEP skills competition is run annually at the Toyota Academy. Participants use the skills they’ve learnt and compete against each other, with the winners taking home trophies, certificates and prizes. In FY09 history was made, as the winner was a female student, Marelda van Staden. Agri SA/Toyota SA Young Farmer of the Year The Young Farmer of the Year awards, now in its seventh year, is jointly sponsored by TSAM and Agri SA. Through the competition TSAM and Agri SA acknowledge the important role played by the country’s farmers and wish to motivate young farmers aged between 18 and 35 to excel in their profession. Finalists in the awards are evaluated on a number of strict criteria, including their farming skills and their financial and business acumen. Apart from being recognised as the best young farmer in South Africa, the winner also receives a brand new Toyota Hilux 2.5 D-4D Raised Body SRX bakkie, valued at more than R230 000. Environmental activities River clean-up In FY08, TSAM identified a heavily polluted section of the Isipingo River near the Prospecton Plant with the help of the Isipingo Island Institute. To improve the state of the river, the Prospecton CSI Department coordinated a clean-up project involving schools in the local community, and funded the project, supplying t-shirts, caps, cleaning equipment, transport and refreshments for
TSAM worked with the local community to clean up the Isipingo River. the participants. Some two tons of recyclable plastic, 21 tons of non-recyclable material, 30 tons of rubble and 15 tons of alien vegetation was removed. TSAM has kept this section of river clean for two years. National Arbor Week Representatives from the Prospecton Plant planted trees at KwaGumbi Primary School as part of the company’s National Arbor Week activities, which focused on improving the environment and greening local schools. Learners from the school were encouraged to look after the trees and water them when necessary. Representatives from the Sandton office and Food & Trees for Africa, together with a large group of Japanese volunteers, distributed 600 trees to the community of Alexandra Extension 7 as part of their National Arbor Week activities. This community comprises low cost houses inhabited by low to no salaried people who formerly lived in the shacks and squatter camps of Alexandra. To date, more than 1 500 families have relocated to this area. Food & Trees for Africa In FY07, TSAM gave a Toyota Prius to Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA) for use in their dayto-day activities. This sponsorship continued in FY08, and in return FTFA provided Toyota with 500 trees for the company’s greening initiatives. Peace Parks Foundation TSAM donated two Land Cruisers to the Peace Parks Foundation. The foundation used them to assist the Zambian Government in undertaking two large field surveys to contribute to the broader understanding continued over the page > 600 trees were distributed to community members in Alexandra. SPECIAL FEATURE SOCIAL ASPECTS Toyota enjoys ‘green’ image In FY08, Bateleur Khanya Research Solutions conducted research to explore the public’s understanding of environmental issues, and to determine which companies they perceive as being the most environmentally friendly. Two hundred face-to-face interviews were conducted with potential new car buyers across age, gender, income and race demographics. The results favoured Toyota above all South African companies. 27% of respondents saw Toyota as an environmentally friendly company and 23% saw Toyota as a leader in environmental projects – 6% and 7% higher respectively than the companies in second place. Respondents cited Toyota’s efforts to reduce pollution and the company’s commitment to producing hybrid and fuelefficient vehicles as the reason for its status as an environmentally friendly company. Toyota also dominated the automotive sector, with 69% of respondents seeing Toyota as the most environmentally friendly automotive company and 72% seeing Toyota as the leader in environmental projects in the automotive industry. Toyota South Africa Motors Sustainability Report 2010 53
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