Women's Business Enterprise National Council Names America's Top Corporations for Women-Owned Businesses in 2018

News provided by

Women's Business Enterprise National Council

Jan 31, 2019, 10:53 ET

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) is proud to honor 60 corporations with the prestigious America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises (WBEs) award.

The Top Corporations award honors those corporations who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to the inclusion of women-owned businesses in their supply chains. WBENC applauds the 2018 honorees for successfully implementing world-class diversity and inclusion programs that enable growth and innovation, while breaking down barriers for women-owned businesses.

To underscore that commitment, the Top Corporations collectively spent more than $39.5 billion on WBENC-Certified WBE suppliers in 2018, an increase of $200 million from the prior year. Helping to drive those results is a dedication to developing and increasing spend with diverse suppliers — all 60 Top Corporations offer mentoring and development programs for WBE suppliers, 98 percent have annual diversity spend goals, and 90 percent tie those goals directly to executive's performance and bonus structure.

The 2018 America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises are (in alphabetical order):

Accenture, LLP	Kellogg Company
Adient	Kelly Services, Inc.
Allstate Insurance Company	The Kroger Co.
AT&T	Macy's, Inc.
Avis Budget Group, Inc.	ManpowerGroup
Bank of America	Marriott International, Inc.
BP America, Inc	Merck & Co., Inc.
Bristol-Myers Squibb	MetLife
Capital One	MGM Resorts International
Cargill	Monsanto Company, now Bayer
CenterPoint Energy	Nationwide
Chevron	Nissan North America, Inc.
The Coca-Cola Company	Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Cummins Inc.	PepsiCo, Inc.
Dell Technologies	Pfizer Inc.
DTE Energy Company	Procter & Gamble
DuPont	Raytheon Company
Entergy Services	ROBERT HALF
Exxon Mobil Corporation	Shell Oil Company
EY	Sodexo
FedEx	Target Corporation
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles	TIAA
Fifth Third Bancorp	TOYOTA
Ford Motor Company	United Airlines
General Motors	UPS
IBM	Verizon
Intel Corporation	Vistra Energy
Johnson & Johnson	Walmart Inc.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	The Walt Disney Company
Kaiser Permanente	Wells Fargo & Co.

The Top Corporations will be honored during the 2019 WBENC Summit & Salute, a gathering of more than 1,800 entrepreneurs and business leaders taking place March 11-13, 2019 in Houston, Texas. To learn more about the WBENC Summit & Salute and America's Top Corporations for WBEs, visit http://summit.wbenc.org.

About WBENC
WBENC is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned, controlled, and operated by women in the United States. WBENC partners with 14 Regional Partner Organizations (RPOs) to provide its world-class standard of certification to women-owned businesses throughout the country. WBENC is also the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses and entrepreneurs. Throughout the year, WBENC provides business development opportunities for member corporations, government agencies and more than 15,000 certified women-owned businesses at events and other forums. Learn more at www.wbenc.org.

SOURCE Women's Business Enterprise National Council