toyota supplier diversity

Mission Statement

Through our Supplier Diversity processes, Toyota will continue to generate business opportunities that position diverse entrepreneurs for economic sustainability, yield competitive advantages for our company and deliver exceptional mobility experiences for our customers through innovation.

Tetsuo “Ted” Ogawa
Tetsuo “Ted” Ogawa
President and Chief Executive Officer, Toyota Motor North America

“Toyota works to integrate diversity and inclusion into all aspects of our business. Supplier diversity is a critical part of economic inclusion and development for the communities where we live and work, and it fuels innovation for all of Toyota. If Toyota wants to build the industry’s best cars and trucks for the way our customers live, we need to reflect the diversity of our team members, suppliers, dealer partners, customers and the communities we serve.”

Tellis Bethel
Tellis Bethel
Group Vice President, Chief Social Innovation Officer, Toyota Motor North America , Chief Diversity Officer, Toyota Motor North America

With the goal of ensuring mobility for all, Bethel directs initiatives to expand access to opportunities and create a culture of inclusion that strengthens both communities and TMNA. As Chief Diversity Officer, Bethel leads Toyota’s long-standing efforts to advance diversity and inclusion through an integrated, holistic strategy that addresses the workplace, the marketplace and society and reflects the company’s core value of respect for people.