The Toro Company Releases 2024 Sustainability Impact Report

BLOOMINGTON, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 11, 2025--

The Toro Company (NYSE: TTC), a leading global provider of solutions for the outdoor environment, today released its Sustainability Impact Report for fiscal 2024, highlighting key achievements and progress made towards its strategic priorities of accelerating profitable growth, achieving operational excellence and empowering people. The report builds on the company’s longstanding commitment to helping customers enrich the beauty, productivity and sustainability of the land. The full report can be found at www.thetorocompany.com/sustainability.

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“At The Toro Company, sustainability is rooted in how we operate, innovate and position the company for growth,” said Richard M. Olson, chairman and chief executive officer of The Toro Company. “Our 2024 report reflects the collective efforts of our global teams to drive positive impact—through the products we develop, the partnerships we build, and the communities we support. We’re excited to share the progress made this year as we continue to build momentum.”

TTC’s global presence brings with it a responsibility to lead with purpose, ensuring that its actions support a more sustainable future for customers, partners and communities around the world. To further its progress and efforts in corporate responsibility, TTC takes a comprehensive, integrated approach to sustainability centered on three key pillars: Product, People and Process. This framework guides the company’s efforts to create meaningful impact across its global operations.

Advancing Innovation

TTC’s commitment to product innovation is grounded in a focus on safety, quality and efficiency. Through environmentally conscious design, responsible sourcing and the integration of advanced technologies, TTC develops solutions that address today’s needs while anticipating the challenges of tomorrow. Notable achievements in fiscal 2024 include:

Driving Efficiency

For over a century, customers and partners have relied on quality products delivered through TTC’s commitment to operational excellence. By embracing lean principles, TTC works to minimize waste, reduce emissions and optimize resource use throughout the product life cycle. This focus not only improves efficiency but also prioritizes workplace safety, advancing sustainability across the supply chain while reinforcing a legacy of quality. Notable achievements in fiscal 2024 include:

Empowering People

By investing in its people, TTC is building a future-ready workforce equipped to lead in a rapidly evolving world. Through a culture that prioritizes professional development, employee engagement, and attracting top talent, TTC empowers individuals to grow, contribute, and thrive. This commitment not only drives innovation across the organization but also strengthens its impact in the communities it serves. Notable achievements in fiscal 2024 include:

The full sustainability report, which was prepared with reference to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), can be found at: www.thetorocompany.com/sustainability.

About The Toro Company

The Toro Company (NYSE: TTC) is a leading global provider of solutions for the outdoor environment including turf and landscape maintenance, snow and ice management, underground utility construction, rental and specialty construction, and irrigation and outdoor lighting solutions. With net sales of $4.6 billion in fiscal 2024, The Toro Company’s global presence extends to more than 125 countries through a family of brands that includes Toro, Ditch Witch, Exmark, Spartan, BOSS, Ventrac, American Augers, Trencor, Subsite, HammerHead, Radius, Perrot, Hayter, Unique Lighting Systems, Irritrol, and Lawn-Boy. Through constant innovation and caring relationships built on trust and integrity, The Toro Company and its family of brands have built a legacy of excellence by helping customers work on golf courses, sports fields, construction sites, public green spaces, commercial and residential properties and agricultural operations. For more information, visit www.thetorocompany.com.

The Toro Company releases 2024 Sustainability Impact Report, highlighting key achievements and progress made towards its strategic priorities of accelerating profitable growth, achieving operational excellence and empowering people.

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has halted efforts by the Trump administration to collect data that proves higher education institutions aren’t considering race in admissions.

The ruling from U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV in Boston on Friday granting the preliminary injunction follows a lawsuit filed earlier this month by a coalition of 17 Democratic state attorneys general. It will only apply to public universities in plaintiffs

The federal judge said the federal government likely has the authority to collect the data, but the demand was rolled out to universities in a “rushed and chaotic” manner.

“The 120-day deadline imposed by the President led directly to the failure of NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) to engage meaningfully with the institutions during the notice-and-comment process to address the multitude of problems presented by the new requirements,” Saylor wrote.

President Donald Trump ordered the data collection in August after he raised concerns that colleges and universities were using personal statements and other proxies to consider race, which he views as illegal discrimination.

In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled against the use of affirmative action in admissions but said colleges could still consider how race has shaped students’ lives if applicants share that information in their admissions essays.

The states argue the data collection risks invading student privacy and leading to baseless investigations of colleges and universities. They also argued that universities have not been given enough time to collect the data.

“The data has been sought in such a hasty and irresponsible way that it will create problems for universities,” a lawyer for the plaintiffs, Michelle Pascucci, told the court, adding that the effort seem was aimed at uncovering unlawful practices.

The Education Department has defended the effort, arguing taxpayers deserve transparency on how money is spent at institutions that receive federal funding.

The administration's policy echoes settlement agreements the government negotiated with Brown University and Columbia University, restoring their federal research money. The universities agreed to give the government data on the race, grade-point average and standardized test scores of applicants, admitted students and enrolled students. The schools also agreed to be audited by the government and to release admissions statistics to the public.

The National Center for Education Statistics is to collect the new data, including the race and sex of colleges’ applicants, admitted students and enrolled students. Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said the data, which was originally due by March 18, must be disaggregated by race and sex and retroactively reported for the past seven years.

If colleges fail to submit timely, complete and accurate data, the administration has said McMahon can take action under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which outlines requirements for colleges receiving federal financial aid for students.

The Trump administration separately has sued Harvard University over similar data, saying it refused to provide admissions records the Justice Department demanded to ensure the school stopped using affirmative action. Harvard has said the university has been responding to the government’s requests and is in compliance with the high court ruling against affirmative action. On Monday, the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights directed Harvard to comply with the data requests within 20 days for face referral to the U.S. Justice Department.

President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)