ACCC Toyota Environmental Claim

Greenpeace Australia Pacific, with support from the Environmental Defenders Office, has filed a complaint to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) requesting that the ACCC open an investigation into environmental claims made by Toyota, to determine whether these claims are misleading or deceptive. The complaint focuses on claims around the environmental performance of Toyota’s vehicles and the company’s net zero ambitions. Greenpeace alleges that Toyota’s net zero ambitions are contravened by its current car production plans, which do not include a rapid enough transition to electric vehicles, and that the company had lobbied to “halt, weaken, or delay vehicle emissions standards."