The Environment Award

Sponsored by: Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) LtdSponsored by Toyota Manufacturing UK

Toyota Manufacturing UK (TMUK) is delighted to be associated with the Business Awards Derbyshire 2010, which celebrate the strength and diversity of the local business community. As a responsible manufacturer, Toyota is sponsoring the Environment Award to recognise local businesses that share our commitment to the environment.

Toyota's goal is to minimise the environmental impact of our operations and to ensure that our future growth is in harmony with nature and society. Our car and engine manufacturing plants located at Burnaston, Derbyshire, and Deeside, North Wales, are model plants for ‘sustainable activities' for Toyota in Europe. As model sustainable plants TMUK is a ‘beacon of environmental excellence', piloting new cleaner manufacturing processes and technology which are shared with Toyota's plants across Europe.

The three pillars of TMUK's ‘sustainable plant' approach are:

  • Demonstrate leading environmental performance in the automotive industry through the use of cleaner production technology and our employees' commitment to continuous improvement.
  • Increasing the use of renewable energy sources and minimising the use of natural resources in our manufacturing processes.
  • Working in partnership with our local communities to preserve and protect the local environment and eco-systems.

The judges will be looking for:

  • A description of your business, the products or services, its customers and the markets it operates in.
  • Overall trends in your sales turnover and profit development together with a brief description of key events that have led to these changes where appropriate.
  • The objectives of your business for the next three years.
  • An outline of your organisations overall approach to the environment.
  • A description of a specific environmental project(s), summarising the key activities and positive environmental impact achieved. Please include details of the original situation at the start of the activity, overall environmental objectives and targets set to achieve your goal.
  • An outline of the resources you allocate to this environmental activity.
  • If you involved other agencies/bodies, or groups, to support or evaluate your activity.
  • A description of how you achieved your target. Please include details of the monitoring and evaluation you carried out to review your progress and how you overcame difficulties and challenges along the way.
  • Any wider benefits achieved by your organisation in addition to meeting your objectives, i.e. employee and community involvement, energy savings, waste reduction.
  • How you have communicated your environmental activity/results to your stakeholders.
  • The next steps you plan to take to continuously improve your environmental performance.
  • A brief summary of why you believe your company should be considered for this award.