Toyota committed to greening properties for Arbor Day

The 2014 Tree of year, Lavender tree, as well as Acacia galpini trees will form part of the Arbor Day celebration at Toyota South Africa Motors this year. Toyota is committed to greening in and around their properties to improve the natural state of the environment.

National Arbor Month is celebrated in September and promotes the planting and maintenance of indigenous trees in South Africa. Arbor Month provides Toyota with the opportunity to create awareness around indigenous trees and the role trees play in sustainable development and the livelihoods of people and their environment, now and for the future.

“Protecting the environment is one of our priorities at Toyota. We plant trees around our premises to decrease the impact on the environment. In addition to this, we have challenged our dealers to plant an indigenous tree in their community too. This could potentially lead to over 200 indigenous trees being planted in every corner of South Africa,” said John Oliver, Vice President Customer Service.

Toyota has planted trees around the Parkhaven premises as well as Manufacturing plant in Durban for the past few years not only to support Arbor Day but to increase the environmental footprint of the organisation and to assist in protecting the areas in which our business operates.

A tree planting ceremony, led by John Oliver, was held on Friday, 19 September 2014. Senior managers for the distribution centre, as well as Miss Earth South Africa, Ilze Saunders, also took part in this ceremony.

“The eight trees will be well taken care of at the NPDC. We would like to take this opportunity to encourage further participation by our dealers for the rest of September,” concluded Oliver.