Examples of DE&I activities at Toyota Motor Europe
This year we have put in place a Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Board as a concrete way of staying in sync with society and bring the outside experts in to Toyota. The board includes senior experts with high credibility and experience across the different areas of diversity. This shows our continued commitment to advance in DE&I and our social impact in Europe.
Personalized reports, individual coaching and training
Over 97% of our top European executives have now completed the Inclusive Leadership 360 Survey to get anonymous feedback from up, down and across the organization. They all received personalized reports, individual coaching and training on how to make sure they have the insights and knowledge to be truly inclusive.
We have focused on accelerating development from within by offering Female Senior Managers a Sponsorship Program that has resulted in 100% of participating women advancing vertically or laterally.
Supporting women with their career growth
To support women with their career growth, we offer a unique development platform with access to training, webinars, a blog and more. Last year we also invited many to complete a potential assessment. Over 250 women completed the assessment and received key insights about their personal leadership profile and training that can be used to accelerate their potential through their individual development plans.
Our very first Diversity Conference
In 2021 we hosted our very first Diversity Conference which is also a first for Toyota globally. This event was open to all employees in Europe - across all of our European operations including Sales and Manufacturing companies. This takes us beyond corporate citizenship being a ‘nice to do’ activity and firmly puts it as a key expectation of how we will operate in every market in Europe. This year’s edition will take place next month and is broadcasted in 11 languages including sign language to ensure it is truly inclusive.
Safety and DE&I statement
Each management member has chosen their own personal Safety and DE&I statement. We share it at the beginning of every meeting to signal to all our colleagues what is important. It also holds us all accountable to aligning our behaviour.
To realise a demographically diverse organisation, we also have our 5 Employee Resources Groups. These networks are made up of volunteer employees from across the company who are passionate about DE&I. They provide a safe space for under-represented communities and support us to drive real change. We have diversity networks for gender, culture, LGBTQi+, age and for people with disabilities.
Girls STEM the Future programme
We are going beyond to promote a more diverse and inclusive society with the Girls STEM the Future programme. We have been working with our social partners for the ultimate goal of increasing female representation in STEM and of course in Toyota and the automotive industry. The low female representation of women in STEM jobs is a problem for Europe where only 18% of engineers and scientist in manufacturing are women.
Targeting 50% of female hires
In Toyota it is a challenge to get enough female applicants to our open positions and reach our recruiting target of 50% hires, however we did make substantial progress in TME in 2021 achieving 46%. Girls STEM the Future intends to encourage schoolgirls to develop a career path in STEM.
