FERNANDO HERNANDEZ
SUPPLY CHAIN D & I responsibility and groups . We have one on ethnicity and race , one on LGBT , one on gender . Another , specifically in terms of our career base , is one associated with ex-military .”
Moving that from internal to embedding D & I in its supply chain is less straightforward , but very achievable , Ken says .
“ In terms of the way that we are working with clients , with that consumer-facing type of organisation , there ’ s been an ever increasing way of working within the supply chain and using certain standards .
“ There are a number of food retail brand organisations that have been working in terms of not only risk , but also using certain audit and reference methodologies to be able to move into the supply chain and then gather that data .
“ We also have our own code of ethics that we ask our supply chain to sign and we work with them on that .”
In summary , Ken recommends :
• Look at the diversity and inclusion within your own sourcing organisation before going out into the supply chain .
FERNANDO HERNANDEZ
TITLE : SENIOR DIRECTOR , SUPPLIER DIVERSITY
COMPANY : THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
INDUSTRY : BEVERAGES LOCATION : UNITED STATES
Fernando Hernandez , former Director Supplier Diversity at Microsoft and senior supply chain diversity leader at AT & T , leads Coca-Cola ’ s global supplier diversity initiatives . He and his team focus on the “ utilisation , development and mentoring of diverse suppliers who can provide value-add to Coca- Cola ’ supply chain ”.
• Engage in terms of your policy and requirements . Work with your supply chain to define what diversity and inclusion there is within the higher risk elements of the supply chain .
• Ask what it means to them and how they can enable it .
• Think about the type of data that you want to have back then that you can act on , rather than just having broad policies and lots of documentation that you are asking your suppliers for without them acting upon that .
• Take it in simple steps . Rather than trying to do a global broadbased programme , think about the simple steps working with some key high risk suppliers , defining the requirements , defining the data , acting on that and then beginning to roll it out more widely .
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