Women's Business Enterprise National Council Recognizes Top Corporations Advancing Women Owned Businesses

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) is proud to recognize 66 corporations with the prestigious America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises (WBEs) award. 

WBENC's Top Corporations award honors corporations who have implemented world-class policies and programs to enable growth and innovation, while creating a level playing field for women-owned businesses. WBENC applauds the 2017 honorees for successfully driving the sustainable inclusion of women-owned businesses within their supply chains, providing equal access to business opportunities, and continuing to positively impact our nation and communities by fueling economic growth and job creation.

To underscore that achievement, the 2017 Top Corporations collectively spent more than $39.3 billion on WBENC-Certified WBE suppliers in 2016, an increase of $3.6 billion from the prior year. Helping to drive those results is a dedication and commitment to diverse suppliers — all 66 Top Corporations have a formal, written policy to support its supplier diversity program, and 95 percent have an annual diversity spend goal.

The 2017 America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises are (in alphabetical order):

The Top Corporations will be honored during the 2018 WBENC Summit & Salute, a gathering of more than 1,500 entrepreneurs and business leaders taking place March 20 – 22, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. The event will showcase senior executives discussing their industries, anticipated changes and innovations in their supply chain, and the impact these will have on the WBEs who do business with them.

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 14,000 certified women-owned businesses at events and other forums. Learn more at www.wbenc.org

SOURCE Women's Business Enterprise National Council

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