Supplier diversity is imperative in a global, multi-cultural business market, but it can be challenging to reconcile supplier diversity initiatives with cost-cutting initiatives. According to a 2006 study by The Hackett Group, companies can expand their supplier diversity programs without sacrificing savings. So who's doing it well, and how...
Since 1993, a Memorandum of Understanding between the Maryland Public Service Commission and several investor-owned utilities has encouraged -- but not mandated --support of minority-owned businesses in Maryland. However, a Tuesday forum on the issue sponsored by the PSC may have been the first step toward...
Renewal of WinSonic Diversity's Minority Status enables the company to continue pursuit of diversity opportunities. ATLANTA, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WinSonic Digital Media Group, Ltd. (the "Company") (BULLETIN BOARD: WDMG) announced today that WinSonic Diversity, LLC received renewal of their diversity certification from the Georgia...
TORRANCE, Calif. -- General Imaging Co., the worldwide exclusive licensee for GE digital cameras, has received a Sears Holdings Corporation Partners in Progress Award for excellent market performance in the digital imaging category. Established more than 20 years ago, the Partners in Progress program recognizes sources for product...
Event Builds on Huge Success of 2008 Show BOSTON -- Building on the incredible success of the 2008 Travel Show, The Boston Globe has announced the dates for the 2009 event. The 2009 Boston Globe Travel Show, the ultimate destination for consumers and travel professionals alike, will take...
Fourth Annual Diversity Report Reveals the Top Performers in Four Key Areas: Corporate Boards, Total Workforce, Senior Management, and Corporate Procurement NEW YORK -- BLACK ENTERPRISE BE has announced its fourth annual tally of the 40 Best Companies for Diversity as featured in the July issue. The companies...
WARREN, Ohio, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The sale of WCI Steel Inc. to OAO Severstal was completed today, providing "a bright future built on a proud past" for its employees, customers, suppliers and community, said Leonard M. Anthony, outgoing president and chief executive officer of WCI Steel. ...
Commences Operations in Canada and Mexico PIRAEUS, Greece, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of ICS Petroleum, a leading Vancouver-based marketer and physical supplier of marine fuel in Canada and Mexico. ...
LAS VEGAS, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- For the fourth consecutive year, Black Enterprise BE magazine has named MGM MIRAGE one of the "40 Best Companies for Diversity" in the U.S. MGM MIRAGE is the only company in the gaming industry named to the list. "MGM MIRAGE...
LONDON -- Surging demand from various process industries, government regulations on emission control and the spiralling need for resources like water and power will support steady, long-term growth in the world valves and actuators market. The rising demand for resources, globally, will fuel market expansion even as investments in growing...
Company Recognized for Board of Directors and Employee Base Diversity PHILADELPHIA -- ARAMARK, a world leader in professional services, has been recognized for the fourth consecutive year as one of the "40 Best Companies for Diversity" by Black Enterprise magazine, one of the nation's leading business publications. ARAMARK...
Measuring a company's diversity efforts is about more than a snapshot in time. Maintaining excellence in this area requires addressing one of the most critical challenges: recruiting, retaining, and developing talent in the executive pipeline of the corporation. This issue of BLACK ENTERPRISE, featuring our latest listing of the Best...
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. -- General Cable Corporation (NYSE: BGC) the Company, a leading global supplier of wire and cable products for the energy, industrial, and communications markets, and its joint venture partner, A. Soriano Corporation Anscor, announced today that the Company has increased its equity ownership in Phelps Dodge Philippines,...
NEW YORK, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon has again been named to Black Enterprise magazine's 40 Best Companies for Diversity, the most recent in a series of honors this year recognizing Verizon as a top employer and a leader in corporate diversity. In selecting the companies, Black...
PORTSMOUTH, England, June 27, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company demonstrated the potential to employ a U.K. adaptation of the U.S.-deployed Distributed Common Ground System DCGS to provide a more accurate, timely understanding of an adversary and their actions. The demonstration took place during the 2008 Coalition...
PHILADELPHIA -- Comcast Corporation, the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services, announced today that it has been named to Black Enterprise Magazine's annual list of "The 40 Best Companies for Diversity." The publication recognized Comcast's supplier diversity program and its diverse employee base as key...
PALATINE, Ill. -- Practical Communications, Inc., parent company of OSP([R]) Magazine, received national certification as a Women's Business Enterprise by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council WBENC, the nation's largest third party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the U.S. WBENC's national standard of certification...
STAMFORD, Conn. -- Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI), the world's leading mailstream technology company, today announced that it has been named to the 2008 Best Diversity Companies list by Diversity/Careers in Engineering and Information Technology. The readers' choice award is based on Pitney Bowes' support of minorities and women, its...
WASHINGTON -- WGL Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:WGL), the parent company of Washington Gas and other energy-related subsidiaries, has been named for the 2nd consecutive year among the 40 Best Companies for Diversity, according to Black Enterprise magazine. The magazine examined 1,000 publicly traded companies and 50 leading global companies with major...
NJ Energy Company Seeks to Increase Spend with MWBEs NEWARK, N.J., June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PSEG is working to expand its knowledge of diverse suppliers in an effort to increase the amount of business it awards this group. Minority- and-women-owned business enterprises MWBEs are encouraged to...
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