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The Toyota Environmental
Activities Grant Program was established in 2000, in commemoration of Toyota
Motor Corporation's (TMC) receipt of the Global 500
Award in 1999 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Based on the theme of "Social Investment for Sustainable Development,"
the programme provides grants to practical, regionally rooted projects in
Japan and overseas. The TMC and The Toyota Foundation jointly administer
the programme.
The selection committee, consisting of a group of experts from Japan and
abroad, based its selections on considerations of the feasibility of the
applicants' activities, the prospects of such activities for future
development, their need for support and how well they benefit their local
communities. Recipients are carrying out highly feasible, regionally based
projects with local fields of operations that better address the needs of
their immediate communities. In the future, TMC hopes to provide even further
support to well-established programs on a more global scale.
The "Green Pack" project proposed by the REC has been supported in
its pilot phase for Poland. The pack will be supported by the Toyota
Environmental Activities Grant Program for further development in Hungary
and Bulgaria in 2001-2002.
About the Global 500
Award
Established by UNEP to recognise individuals or organisations that
contribute to greater environmental protection or improvement in terms of
sustainable development. TMC received the award in 1999 for its efforts to
build a comprehensive system of environmental management. These efforts
included TMC's development of the world's first mass-produced hybrid
vehicle, achieving ISO 14001 certification and active disclosure of
environmental data.
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