Environmental Management System

The TOTO Group has formulated an environmental management system to realize its ultimate environmental goals.

The TOTO Group has adopted the following management system for advancing environmental conservation activities. Company-wide environmental management reviews led by management are conducted twice a year within the Management Committee. Here, discussion is held on TOTO’s progress toward achieving company-wide environmental goals, as well as on important matters relating to the continual improvement of the management system. As for technical matters, technical subcommittees have been established to lead the entire TOTO Group, including domestic and overseas Group companies, with respect to objectives and measures.
The TOTO Group has gained unified ISO 14001 certification, with a focus on our manufacturing divisions (including domestic manufacturing Group companies) and plant management divisions. Continual improvements are made to our environmental management system in order for the PDCA cycle to function effectively across the entire TOTO Group.

The TOTO Group has proactively introduced the ISO 14001 standard in its environmental management system to enhance environmental contribution activities.

The TOTO Group has completed acquisition of unified ISO 14001 certification for all TOTO plants, manufacturing Group companies in Japan and administrative division in the Headquarters.
Our branches and sales companies all use TOTO’s own Environmental Management System (TOTO EMS), based on the Eco Action 21 program.
* Eco Action 21: An easily implementable environmental management system recommended by the Ministry of the Environment based upon the ISO 14001 standard primarily aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises.

As TOTO’s business expands globally, we are progressively introducing environmental management systems to our overseas Group companies and Group affiliated companies. Our aim is to have a flexible management system structure with the ISO 14001 as its base but allowing operations under TOTO’s own EMS (Environmental Management System).