Umit Sengezer, Head of Circular Economy at Toyota Motor Europe, talks to FISITA CTO Martin Kahl about sustainable mobility and the circular economy
“Let’s embrace the circular economy business model evolution together,” says Umit Sengezer, Head of Circular Economy at Toyota Motor Europe.
At the 2025 FISITA World Mobility Conference, Umit will join the plenary panel discussion on sustainability and circularity in the automotive industry, alongside experts from The Future is Neutral, Geely Holding, and Robert Bosch.
Ahead of his appearance at the conference, FISITA spoke to Umit about sustainable mobility, propulsion system technologies, and the transfer of circular economy principles between the automotive industry and other industry sectors.
Automotive is one of the most disruptive and disrupted industries; from your perspective, is sustainability being sufficiently embraced as a business strategy, or is it still seen as a compliance cost? And how do you see this changing?
I think it’s fair to say that sustainability has not always been as high in the public consciousness as it is now. However, the change in customer sentiment and resource scarcity are becoming critical for business continuity. This is why we continue to embrace sustainability with a balanced approach and turn it into a business opportunity with new ways of working, such as our recently introduced Toyota Circular Factory concept.
Electrification is just one way in which automakers can achieve cleaner mobility; what else should the industry consider in the quest to reduce the environmental impact of mobility?
Toyota has been working on the Multi-Path Way strategy, where we provide a choice of sustainable solutions to our customers, without leaving anyone behind. Electrification, notably HEV, PHEV, BEV and FCEV, covers four of the solutions.