Multinational vehicle manufacturer Toyota increased by 100% the hiring of women in the production area in the last 3 years, significantly increasing diversity in its factories

In the last three years, the number of women working at Toyota Brasil factories has grown by more than 1000% and, to continue increasing, the vehicle manufacturer has invested in infrastructure improvements, selection processes and affirmative policies, which aim to facilitate the permanence of women. The hiring for the third shift at the factory in Sorocaba, SP, in November 2021, was an important milestone in this history, since 37% of those hired were women. Along the same lines, the new interns, hired in early 2022, also had a large female participation in hiring, with 37% of vacancies. 

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The multinational Toyota aims at a more diverse work environment, and has invested in attracting female talent for all areas of the company. The process accompanies the advances of society and brings important changes to a historically male sector. 

“We understand that, in order to continue growing sustainably, it is necessary to have diversity and inclusion in the work environment. In recent years, we have intensified our actions with this objective and have already achieved important advances, which does not mean that the work can stop. This is a continuous process, which must consider not only hiring, but also the permanence and development of these talents in a safe environment and connected with social advances and discussions”, explains Celso Simomura, regional director of Human Resources and Administration at Toyota do Brasil.

In addition to salary equality, Toyota offers benefits for mothers, such as flexibility in working hours, support when returning from maternity leave and a breastfeeding room for breastfeeding mothers.

As an internal policy, equal pay for men and women is the rule. In addition, Toyota offers benefits to mothers, such as flexibility in working hours, support when returning from maternity leave and breastfeeding room for breastfeeding mothers – an achievement of the internal organization of the collaborators.

affinity groups

For broad diversity, Toyota organized itself into five affinity groups: LGBTQIA+, Generational, Race and Ethnicity, PWD and Gender. They all promote conversation groups, booklets and testimonials that seek to intensify and bring discussions on these fronts to the entire company collective. Based on this organization, employees propose improvements and ways for the company to become more diverse, taking their needs and perceptions as a starting point.  

It was with the gender affinity group that some important changes took place in the company, such as exclusive mentoring for women, recruitment with a focus on diversity, and the development of the female uniform for the operation, to accommodate the growing demand. 

“In addition to macro strategic issues about inclusion, it is necessary to think about what directly and daily affects our employees. For this reason, the organization of affinity groups is important, as it facilitates the proposal and request for improvements to the work environment”, concludes Simomura. 

Toyota Foundation

Together with the Toyota Foundation, several other actions are carried out to bring autonomy and recognition to women. The ReTornar project, for example, in addition to being an important circular economy tool, which recycles waste from factory operations, such as belts, airbags and uniforms, also trains and generates jobs and income for three groups of seamstresses in São Paulo. More than 1500 people have already directly benefited from the actions. 

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Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus will close the year with five thousand workers working at its factory, together with its partners in the Modular Consortium. Of this total, one thousand professionals have been hired since the beginning of the pandemic, which represents a growth of more than 25% in its staff. Read the full story here.