Suppliers Partnership for the Environment

#SuppliersPartnership member Toyota North America has announced?the publication of its?2024 North American Environmental Sustainability?Report,?an annual report?highlighting?company initiatives?across?the United States, Canada,?and Mexico.?

Toyota takes one step closer to carbon neutral operations with the addition of a 30-megawatt solar energy system at its Alabama plant.?Toyota Alabama, Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. (TAI) and Huntsville Utilities, celebrated the completion of the $49 million solar project – made possible by a joint power purchase agreement?(PPA).?

#SuppliersPartnership member Penske Truck Leasing?is lighting up a new solar-powered initiative seeking to boost efficiency, minimize energy costs, and reduce emissions initially at select?truck leasing,?truck rental, and truck?maintenance?locations in the U.S. with the installation and activation of its first-ever rooftop solar-powered systems.

SP has announced the availability of a new guidance document, “Core Waste Metrics for Automotive Operations”. The purpose of this new guidance document is to outline common automotive industry-supported definitions and approaches for measuring and reporting on the management of waste generated within the boundary of the owned activities of the reporting organization, consistent with those approaches outlined in established corporate sustainability reporting standards and frameworks.?

SP’s 4th quarterly membership meeting of 2024 was recently held at the Honda Heritage Center in Marysville, Ohio bringing together SP member representatives from across the automotive value chain.

For this edition of our Learning of the Month, we had the pleasure of interviewing Bridget Grewal of Magna International and Suzanne Fisher, CPP of Fisher Packaging at our recent Automotive Packaging Summit 2024—covering insights on enhancing circularity in automotive packaging through collaboration, education, and guidance from the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP). When asked, "What are some challenges you faced when trying to consolidate automotive supply chain packaging for recycling?" Bridget Grewal stated: "Well, when we tried to consolidate the automotive packaging materials for recycling, we realized that there were so many different materials and that we were using them for similar reasons. So, if we were able to use and create the guidelines that we did through SP, we were able to narrow the type of materials that we were gonna have to recycle." Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/edrCExME #automotive #sustainability #sustainablepackaging

Wildlife Habitat Council and Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) have recently released a suite of resources focused on the use of nature-based solutions (NbS) to prevent pollution in the automotive industry. These resources were made possible through funding from the EPA Region 4 Source Reduction Assistance (SRA) Grant Program, which supports pollution prevention across the southeastern region of the U.S.?

We are pleased to welcome Steel Dynamics, Inc as a new #SuppliersPartnership member company. Steel Dynamics is one of the largest domestic steel producers and metals recyclers in the United States.

We are pleased to welcome Norsk Hydro as a new #SuppliersPartnership member company. Hydro is a leading supplier of aluminum to the automotive industry and supply chain.

We were proud to recognize the recipients of the 2024 Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) environmental leadership at our quarterly membership meeting in Marysville, Ohio. ? 2024 SP Community Impact Award: Toyota Tsusho America – Princeton, Indiana Earth Day Initiative ? 2024 SP Creativity in Implementing Sustainable Practices Award: Lear Corporation - ReNewKnit Sustainable Composite Material for Automotive Interiors ? 2024 SP Demonstrating Environmental Award: Blackburn Energy, Inc. - Scope 3 Emission Reduction Project with General Motors and MOONSTAR EXPRESS LLC ? 2024 SP Shining Star Award:?Alex Phan of Magna International ? 2024 SP Shining Star Award:?Daniel Esch of Ford Motor Company ? 2024 SP Shining Star Award:?Sarah Tea, P.Eng., MBA of General Motors ? "On behalf of the SP organization, we are proud to recognize this year’s award winners for their outstanding leadership, innovation, and dedication to environmental sustainability.?Each of their efforts are driving meaningful change across the industry and setting an inspiring example for others to learn from," said Kevin Butt, Senior Director Environmental Sustainability, Toyota North America and Chair of SP's Board of Directors. Learn more about our 2024 awardees here: https://lnkd.in/eGna6Sd6