Toyota Motor sustainability score: 28/100
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Toyota makes and sells passenger vehicles, minivans and commercial vehicles, and also offers financial services; automotive operations accounted for 87% of its total revenues before intersegment eliminations in the year to March 2026. Toyota Motor Corporation was incorporated in 1937 and is based in Toyota City, Japan; its roots go back to 1933.
More about Toyota Motor
It had 390,927 employees on a consolidated basis at 31 March 2026 and sales revenues of ¥50,684.9 billion in its year to March 2026.
Founded 1937Head office Toyota City, JapanStaff ~390,927 consolidated (31 March 2026)Revenue ~¥50,684.9B sales revenues (year to March 2026)Website ↗
Toyota's footprint was 513,981 kt CO2e in the year to March 2026, down from 589,573 kt, but most of the drop comes from narrowing the boundary to exclude Toyota-brand vehicles made outside its consolidated group. It reports 51% renewable electricity against a 2030 target of 80%. Its Scope 1 and 2 target is SBTi-approved at 1.5°C; its use-phase target is per vehicle, and it has no absolute Scope 3 target. In March 2025 a US court accepted a guilty plea from Hino Motors, then its subsidiary, over falsified emissions data and imposed penalties of over $1.6 billion. InfluenceMap finds it opposed vehicle GHG standards in the US, EU, UK, Canada, Australia and India.
Toyota Motor scores 28/100 (Significant gaps) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified November 2026.
That places Toyota Motor joint 783rd of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 20th of 36 in Automotive.
What is Toyota Motor doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Controversies & Red Flags and Emissions Trajectory (1/10, 4/10).
Where Toyota Motor lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- Its record on controversiesDeal with the findings under question 10, in public.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling4/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is5/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water6/10No water stewardship programme or verified fall in water use.
- Its climate targets6/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports7/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies1/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Toyota Motor's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Toyota Motor's score changed?
Toyota Motor's score has moved from 26 to 28 across 2 recorded reviews, up 2 points.
- 26 → 28+26 November 2026
Re-scored on v2.5 (brand batch: car makers); owner rulings 2026-11-06
- Scored 268 February 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Toyota Motor's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
25% of them were published by Toyota Motor itself; the rest come from independent sources.
9 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
“Calculated using the operational control approach reflecting Toyota's actual management situation”
“We have been a member of the TNFD * Forum since 2024.”
“This policy sets forth Toyota's basic approach to and principles for the use of carbon removal and carbon credits.”
“The court also entered a $1.087 billion forfeiture money judgment against the company”
“Hino used altered emissions test data to get approval to import and sell more than 110,000 diesel engines to the U.S.”
“Toyota exhibits strategic policy engagement that is broadly misaligned with policy pathways for delivering the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement.”
“Toyota has the worst climate lobbying score of any automaker”
“Toyota management urged its employees to advocate for repeal of Advanced Clean Cars II”
“This means that the 2024 emissions were cut by 10.75 million tonnes from the previous year.”
“Toyota's reported emissions increased by 27% between 2021 and 2023.”
“as well as its Scope 3 intensity reduction targets, have been certified by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).”
“Toyota primarily conducts business in the automotive industry”
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How does Toyota Motor compare with other automotive companies?
Where Toyota Motor sits among automotive peers.
Among the 36 major automotive brands we've scored, Toyota Motor is tied =20th of 36, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Automotive?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Toyota Motor.
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