“WE ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT UNDERSTANDING WHO OUR SUPPLIERS ARE AND ENSURING THAT THERE ’ S DIVERSITY CONSIDERATION WITHIN OUR SUPPLY CHAIN ”
D & I
HOW HAS THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION CHANGED FOR BUSINESS ?
Peter My role is more around supplier diversity , helping engage more diverse suppliers into Accenture and our clients ’ supply chains . Supplier diversity has brought more visibility for us to those innovative suppliers that otherwise we would not have seen .
It ’ s really about building and creating access so that we get the right talent into our supply chain . We are a company of 780,000 people worldwide . So for us , attracting talent is super important and we are able to attract — and keep — diverse talent for our company .
Javier I would say that the main thing that has evolved is the importance of D & I within ESG strategies .
In many companies we see more relevance in the regulation and this is what we ’ ve seen in the last year as well in our company .
Javette I manage Citi ’ s supply chain development and sustainability efforts , and that includes supplier diversity and supply chain sustainability . Like Peter , I ’ m very focused on business diversity as it relates to diversity , equity and inclusion , working in tandem with our workforce team to really understand what we are talking about with respect to the employees .
We are intentional about understanding who our suppliers are and ensuring that there ’ s diversity consideration within our supply chain about whom we do business with across the globe .
Ainur Our external environment is very volatile and diverse , which creates challenging diversity issues which can only be solved with diverse teams . It definitely helps to have D & I teams in place and KPIs to solve and be better equipped . That would be a 100 % correlation to be up and fit with the challenges .
“WE ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT UNDERSTANDING WHO OUR SUPPLIERS ARE AND ENSURING THAT THERE ’ S DIVERSITY CONSIDERATION WITHIN OUR SUPPLY CHAIN ”
PETER ZERP , UPPLIER INCLUSION & DIVERSITY CLIENT PROGRAM LEAD , ACCENTURE
96 February 2025