While supplier diversity programs have historically focused on the diversity of a company’s ownership, this is not the only way to influence diversity in the supply chain. Corporations with significant procurement budgets now realize that they can use their purchasing power to influence workforce diversity in much the same way that they have historically worked to increase expenditures with traditionally underrepresented suppliers. This realization has led to the new and growing trend of companies measuring, tracking, and reporting supplier workforce and Board-level diversity as an additional – and scalable - value creation exercise.
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