Opportunity TOTO USA is committed to innovating products that make people’s lives better, protect the environment and keep our water pure. To honor our commitment to sustainability, it is important that we conduct Life Cycle Assessments to evaluate the environmental impacts of our products in all stages of life, from raw materials to manufacturing and even through to end of life. The goal of conducting a Life Cycle Assessment is to explore the full range of environmental impacts our products have and to identify ways to improve processes and lessen any negative effects. This project is critical to TOTO’s PeoplePlanetWater mission of innovating products for the benefit of people, the planet and our water supply. In order to understand the true impact of products throughout all life cycle stages, TOTO has chosen to conduct the Life Cycle Assessment using a cradle-to-grave approach. By factoring in all stages, we are more informed on how to reduce impacts on a broader scale. TOTO is the first company in the U.S. plumbing industry to conduct a LCA. TOTO is interested in having Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data available for the most important products to be able to obtain a SM Transparency Report, a type III environmental declaration that can be used for communication with and amongst other companies, architects and consumer communication, and can also be utilized in whole building LCA tools. TOTO commissioned Sustainable Minds to help develop LCA’s for the most important ceramic products. However, TOTO wants to develop the internal capacity to develop LCAs. This means that an effort has been made to gather data and to train TOTO staff to model LCAs and how to report on them. TOTO wants to learn from the results and is looking forward to having guidance for future product improvements that can be deduced from the results.
Opportunity TOTO USA is committed to innovating products that make people’s lives better, protect the environment and keep our water pure. To honor our commitment to sustainability, it is important that we conduct Life Cycle Assessments to evaluate the environmental impacts of our products in all stages of life, from raw materials to manufacturing and even through to end of life. The goal of conducting a Life Cycle Assessment is to explore the full range of environmental impacts our products have and to identify ways to improve processes and lessen any negative effects. This project is critical to TOTO’s PeoplePlanetWater mission of innovating products for the benefit of people, the planet and our water supply. In order to understand the true impact of products throughout all life cycle stages, TOTO has chosen to conduct the Life Cycle Assessment using a cradle-to-grave approach. By factoring in all stages, we are more informed on how to reduce impacts on a broader scale. TOTO is the first company in the U.S. plumbing industry to conduct a LCA. TOTO is interested in having Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data available for the most important products to be able to obtain a SM Transparency Report, a type III environmental declaration that can be used for communication with and amongst other companies, architects and consumer communication, and can also be utilized in whole building LCA tools. TOTO commissioned Sustainable Minds to help develop LCA’s for the most important ceramic products. However, TOTO wants to develop the internal capacity to develop LCAs. This means that an effort has been made to gather data and to train TOTO staff to model LCAs and how to report on them. TOTO wants to learn from the results and is looking forward to having guidance for future product improvements that can be deduced from the results.
Ultramax_LCA_Report_PUBLIC_2018.docx