Forget Diamonds
This story appears in the January 2000 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
If you're thinking about seeking procurement opportunities from America's Fortune 500, you'll need to know the names of America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises. The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) identified these companies as the most committed to ensuring that women business owners participate in their procurement programs.
WBENC also issued a 20-page report, summarizing the supplier diversity programs of the companies and detailing a two-year study of the nation's best corporate supplier development programs.
The 15 companies are:
- Abbott Laboratories
- American Airlines
- AT&T
- Bell Atlantic
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Chase Manhattan Bank
- GTE
- J.C. Penney
- SBC Communications
- Sears
- Texaco
- TXU
- UPS
- US West
- Xerox
For more information or a copy of the full report, call (202) 872-5515 or send e-mail to wbecert@aol.com
Contact Sources
Abbott Laboratories,http://www.abbott.com
American Airlines,http://www.aa.com
AT&T,http://www.att.com
Bell Atlantic,http://www.bell-atl.com
Bristol-Myers Squibb,http://www.bms.com
The Chase Manhattan Bank,http://www.chase.com
J.C. Penney,http://www.jcpenney.com
Sears, Roebuck & Co.,http://www.sears.com
Texaco,http://www.texaco.com
US West,http://www.uswest.com
Xerox,http://www.xerox.com
Women's Business Enterprise National Council,http://orgs.womenconnect.comwbenc
