Driving Organization Impact Beyond Spend: A Guide to Fostering Diversity Through Procurement

Set a diversity spend goal

The first step toward fostering diversity through procurement should be setting a diversity spend goal so you have a mark to measure your efforts against. This goal can differ from company to company based on your circumstances, such as your current level of diversity spend and your resources to find diverse suppliers.

The federal government, for example, sets goals to use different types of small business suppliers, such as allocating at least 5% of all federal contracting dollars annually to women-owned small businesses