History

Toyota Tsusho was established in 1948. As the sole general trading company in the Toyota Group, they strengthened their overseas operations in the 1980s and 1990s and expanded around their core automotive business.

Thereafter, they began to expand non-automotive businesses. They merged with the trading companies Kasho in 2000 and Tomen in 2006 to accelerate their growth into such new business fields as infrastructure, chemicals, and food.

Since 2010, they have expanded the scope and honed the capabilities of existing businesses while accelerating investments in new business fields, such as bluefin tuna aquaculture and overseas hospital management. In 2012, they made the largest investment in their history in CFAO, a French trading company with a strong presence in Africa.

In this way, they are achieving sustainable growth by widening their business field.

Philosophy system
The Toyota Tsusho Group's philosophy system is comprised of four levels.

Fundamental Philosophy

Corporate Philosophy
Living and prospering together with people, society, and the globe, they aim to be a value-generating corporation that contributes to creation of a prosperous society.

Behavioral Guidelines
As a good corporate citizen,

- They will strive for open and fair corporate activities;
- They will be socially responsible and strive for conservation of the environment;
- They will be creative and strive to provide added value;
- They will respect people and strive to create an engaging workplace.
- They have established Global Code of Conduct & Ethics (10 creeds), which makes Behavioral Guidelines more concrete, on July 1st, 2016.

Vision
Global Vision - for the next 10 years established in 2016 -
Guidelines and signposts that they should reach within 10 years as they continue pursuing and realizing their fundamental philosophy