Toyota Motor Corporation

In June 2024, Japanese Transport Ministry officials raided Toyota headquarters after discovering Toyota and four other automakers submitted incorrect or manipulated safety test data for vehicle certification. Toyota admitted rigging safety tests on seven car models affecting 1.7 million vehicles, involving falsified collision tests, airbag inflation data, and engine power tests. Misconduct at Toyota Group companies (Daihatsu, Hino Motors, Toyota Industries) dated back decades.

In May 2024, InfluenceMap ranked Toyota as the worst automaker in global climate policy lobbying for the second year in a row. Shareholders rejected a proposal for greater disclosure about Toyota's climate lobbying with only 9.17% support. Chairman Akio Toyoda has been criticized for controversial statements claiming one EV pollutes as much as three hybrid cars.

In March 2024, workers at Toyota's engine plant in Troy, Missouri launched a UAW organizing campaign with 30% of the 1,000 workers signed up. Workers described unsafe conditions including being ordered to clean confined spaces with only KN-95 masks instead of proper hazmat equipment. Workers reported injuries including torn rotator cuffs and fractured skulls, with one worker ordered to return to work the Monday after Friday surgery.