Posts Tagged ‘Toyota Tsusho’

Investor Pressure Moves Toyota Affiliate to Divest from Joint Venture with Burmese Regime

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Trillium Asset Management, along with Domini Social Investments and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, issued a press release today commending Toyota Motors for influencing their affiliate Toyota Tsusho (TTC) on the divestment of their ownership stake in Myanmar Suzuki Motor.  The vehicle assembly plant was jointly controlled by the Burmese military regime.  Trillium has [...]

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Toyota Backpedals on Burma

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

If the Prius left you with a warm and fuzzy feeling for Toyota, you’re not alone. Noting that Toyota “has been a leader in both developing and promoting hybrid power-trains, the new industry standard, and is well advanced in overall R&D programs for future vehicle types,” the corporate responsibility research firm Innovest chose the company [...]

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