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Toyota Motor North America has made substantial progress this year, using its internal and external executive diversity councils to drive diversity management. Its internal diversity council meets quarterly, establishes and signs off on diversity goals and metrics and presents findings and recommendations to the board. More than 80 percent of council members participate in its mentoring program. Its external diversity council, the Diversity Advisory Board, also meets quarterly and brings outside perspectives, advice and accountability to Toyota’s senior management.

The company accelerated its diversity efforts in the past year and yielded positive results. Managers participating in its cross-cultural mentoring programs more than quadrupled from a year ago. The programs have measurable goals for assessing success, and the top three levels of management participate. Participation in Toyota Motor North America’s resource groups almost doubled from a year ago. These resource groups are now used to identify and nurture management talent as well as to on-board new employees.

Toyota Motor North America has a strong supplier-diversity program; 7.7 percent of its total procurement was spent with Tier I (direct contractor) minority-owned businesses. Procurement-management compensation is tied to successful supplier-diversity results, and the company provides mentoring and financial education or assistance to diverse suppliers.

U.S. Headquarters: New York

Global Employees: 317,716

U.S. Employees: 28,862

Last Year’s DiversityInc Top 50 Ranking: No. 46