Our supplier diversity programme aligns with our inclusive purpose and values, while enabling us to create opportunities for our clients and the communities we work in.
Recognising the need for supply chain diversity
Organisations across the world are recognising the need to diversify their workforce and supply chain. Working with suppliers from a range of demographics is a critical driver for innovation and collaboration, as well as expansion into new markets.
Engaging diverse-owned businesses is also important for economic growth and job creation in often overlooked communities whose residents live and work close to our project locations.
Companies who are taking the initiative to drive change will reap the benefits, as a supplier diversity programme bolsters supply chain capacity and allows for innovative ideas and different perspectives, creating resilience and building trust in the community.
A holistic approach
Through our supplier diversity programme, we provide innovative solutions and alternative perspectives on the projects and programmes we work on to ensure proactive engagement with all parties. The use of data drives targeted initiatives, and compliance measures are in place so the client’s own targets are met.
Our supplier diversity programme includes diverse-owned businesses and suppliers - ‘XBE’ businesses which are identified by being at least 51 percent owned and/or operated by members of ethnic minority groups, women, veterans, members of the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities and local businesses.
Wayne Lambert, Director of Supplier Diversity, US, commented:
When you have a supplier diversity programme, your company wins.
Driving ambitious targets
Our work in embedding supplier diversity spans multiple industries and locations, and we are starting to see real change, particularly in the US. To date, we have worked on major programmes, one with a US-based global finance company whose supplier diversity quota was originally set at 20 percent. With our help, they implemented a 51 percent utilisation of diverse suppliers, ensuring $US145m was invested into local communities.
We also worked with a US airport on its modernisation programme in 2021 and supported the client to increase its original goal of 20 percent diverse suppliers to 35 percent.
Over the last two years, we have also been appointed to a number of large-scale projects, including a major infrastructure programme in Colorado, a large film studio construction project in the northeast of the US and a host of other projects, demonstrating the increasing reach of our supplier diversity programme.