Robert Thomas (center) of Alaska accepts the 2006 Supplier Diversity
Leadership award from Debbie Adams, general manager, Global
Procurement and Luc Messier, senior vice president, Project Development. |
In all our operations, we seek to do business with small-,
minority- or woman-owned enterprises. We are committed to
giving equal and impartial opportunity to such companies.
This approach stimulates local economic development and also
enhances our own long-term business performance by improving
supplier responsiveness and sustainability. Smaller suppliers
also can make significant contributions by offering customized
products and services and flexibility.
To encourage the inclusion of diversity suppliers in our
procurement activities, we have built a network of 22 employees
to champion supplier diversity at key locations across the
United States. We also launched the companywide Supplier
Diversity Leadership Awards in 2006 to promote a more
inclusive approach to procurement in our operations.
Our supplier diversity program extends to active participation
in organizations that support the development of smaller local
businesses in the United States. For example, we are members
of several regional affiliates of both the National Minority
Supplier Development Council and the Women’s Business
Enterprise National Council. Our commitment to supplier
diversity was recognized in 2006 when we were named
corporation of the year by the Oklahoma Minority Supplier
Development Council and received a similar nomination by
the National Minority Supplier Development Council.
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