Supplier DiversityWalmart Launches Global Women's Economic Empowerment InitiativeWalmart President and CEO Mike Duke has announced a major initiative that will use the company's global size and scale to help empower women across its supply chain. If you are a woman business owner and would like to become a supplier with Walmart, please click submission process for more information. Building Next Generation Supplier DiversityWe partner with thousands of suppliers in every merchandise category. Their ideas, products and energy have helped fuel our growth for almost 50 years and they are an important part of our future. To continue to deliver on our brand purpose, we need excellence in our supply chain. We need suppliers who can ensure that our product assortment and prices are relevant to our customer's needs. We launched our formal Supplier Diversity program in 1994 to ensure minority and women owned business become an integral part of our vast network of suppliers. The program began with the procurement of $2 million from Women and Minority Business Enterprise (WMBE) suppliers. Our programs focus on the development of minority and women owned businesses and contribute to the economic well-being of the communities we serve. Our Spend with Diverse Suppliers in 2010 - $10.5 Billion
Advancing Supplier Diversity through Education and AdvocacyThe Supplier Diversity program aims to expand and advance our current pool of more than 3,000 diverse suppliers through education and mentoring. Our goal is to support capacity building for minority and women owned businesses. We aspire to create prosperity through empowerment. As part of our efforts to stay connected to the best and brightest of diverse suppliers, we partner with the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), Womens Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), USBLN Disability Supplier Diversity Program (DSDP) and several other organizations across the country to identify potential suppliers. Since 2008, we have provided more than 20 scholarships to minority and women owned businesses for the Tuck Executive Program, at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. The program is a highly regarded, intensive one-week entrepreneurial business course designed for high-performing minority and women business owners. The program prepares minority and women owned businesses for success.
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