What does this have to do with Risk Management?

· Leader in launch of cars with hybrid engines

· New manufacturing plants are state-of-the-art in terms of environment conservation

· Awarded the Energy Star by the Environment Protection Agency

· Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification by the Green Building
Council.

· Has reduced water usage by 15% since 1999. Recycled water in the paint shop costs no more than fresh water.

· Has reduced electricity and gas usage by 17% in the last 5 years.

· Has cut emissions by 40%

· Has cut the space needed to make a truck from 18 feet to 12 feet.

· 2011 goals include zero landfill waste. The latter is down by 95% already and this saves over $ 1 million every year.

· Has asked vendors to move inside its own plants to reduce movement, time and cost.

Please celebrate these business results with posts here of your own achievements.

Some notes I scribbled after reading Toyota’s business results:

1. Get Technology Risk Management to make money, not cost.
2. Get a helicopter and do your Risk Assessment from up there.
3. Risk Management topics embrace diverse disciplines.
4. Information Technology can add value in new areas.
5. I must act more green rather than try to appear like that.
6. I need targets to generate enthusiasm.
7. I will benchmark with Toyota.
8. I will benchmark with the Japanese to preserve my heritage.
9. This philosophy makes money!