Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) today announces it has selected 27 projects as grant recipients of the Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program. In the 19 years since its introduction in 2000, a cumulative total of 387 projects in 54 countries and regions have received this grant.
The program was introduced to commemorate Toyota winning the Global 500 Award1 in 1999, and forms part of the Toyota Environmental Challenge 20502 (announced in 2015) as Challenge 6: the Challenge of Establishing a Future Society in Harmony with Nature.
“Biodiversity conservation” and “climate change” were chosen as the themes for the grant program, which drew 111 applications in the three selection categories: international project grants, domestic project grants, and domestic small project grants.
During the screening process, the first and final rounds focused on areas including effectiveness and cooperation. Within the international project grant category, 10 projects were selected, including the “Conservation of the Bolivian Endemic Blue-throated Macaw and its co-existence with local livestock industry” project. In Japan, 10 projects were selected from the domestic project category, including the “Environmental conservation on an Island made from a raised coral reef. Community-based collaboration ‘Kikaijima Island Eco-field Tour’,” and seven projects, including the “Seto Island Sea National Park Restoration Project in Teshima, Kagawa Prefecture,” were selected from the domestic small project grant category.
A ceremony will be held in December in Tokyo, where representatives of this year’s selected projects will be presented with grant certificates.
Toyota intends to continue its efforts toward creating a future society in harmony with nature through various forms of support to NPOs and other organizations.
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SOURCE: Toyota
