Diversity Management, News and Updates
Originally published on Toyota.com Marisol Reyes, a student at Palm Beach State College who took time off from her studies to work and help support her family, was shopping for her first car. She visited multiple dealerships looking for a reliable car that would fit her budget. When Reyes was…
Originally posted on Toyota.com With construction well underway on its vehicle assembly plant in Limestone County, Alabama, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc. (MTMUS) announced that it aims to achieve at least 20 percent total diversity spend with certified minority and women-owned business enterprises (MBE/WBE) on plant construction. Construction sourcing has…
Toyota Mothers of Invention Honored for Innovative Solutions to Global Problems. Originally Published by Toyota Motor North America. Remarkable, inspiring, creative. Just a few of the many qualities that describe the 2019 class of Toyota Mothers Of Invention (MOI) who are being honored during this week’s 10th annual Tina Brown Live Media…
Toyota team members honored with national award for excellence in their careers Originally Published by Toyota Motor North America. Three Toyota team members were honored in Washington, D.C. with Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Ahead Awards from The Manufacturing Institute. The STEP Ahead Awards honor women…
Scott Cooke to lead company’s financial operations. Originally Published by Toyota Motor North America. Toyota Financial Services (TFS) announced that Scott Cooke is assuming the role of chief financial officer effective immediately. Cooke first joined TFS in 2003 and has held a variety of leadership positions across the Toyota organization,…
New $1 million donation to NCFL focuses on literacy in Washington D.C.-area and northern Alabama Originally Published by Toyota Motor North America. To help celebrate the 30th anniversary of the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL), Toyota is donating $1 million to help break generational cycles of poverty through family literacy…
Originally Published by Toyota Motor North America. Toyota and VH1 Save The Music Foundation, joined by musician, producer, composer and former founder of The Fugees, Wyclef Jean, presented South Philadelphia High School with a $50,000 Music Technology Grant focused on electronic music creation. At a spirited school-wide assembly held at…
In 2018, Toyota built 1,935,230 vehicles at its North American vehicle assembly plants. Since 1986, Toyota’s total vehicle production in North America has reached more than 38 million. Toyota’s philosophy is to build where we sell and buy where we build. Positive economic factors such as low fuel prices, continued…
Jae Requiro remembers her friend’s story vividly: Following a meeting in which her friend was the only Asian American woman, a male colleague said to her, “You’re not at all like my Asian wife, you speak up.” “It was a big slap in her face. She didn’t even know what…
Originally Published by Toyota Motor North America. Toyota is ready to take it to the house with USA Curling, the newest National Governing Body (NGB) to be welcomed into the Toyota family. USA Curling joins Toyota’s eight existing winter NGB partners: U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association; US Speedskating; U.S. Figure…