META
“ Our supply chain needs to be where our customers are , and our stakeholders need to represent the communities that we work with ”
KRYSTLE SANDS HEAD OF SUPPLIER DIVERSITY FOR THE EMEA REGION , META
From European to global supplier diversity partnerships To have a truly inclusive supply chain , Sands says that Meta needs to partner with suppliers that are not just based in the United Kingdom or the United States . There is another kind of ’ united ’ that Meta has in mind .
“ Our supply chain needs to be where our customers are , and our stakeholders need to represent the communities that we work with . For this reason , collaborating with our advocacy partners to expand supplier diversity outside of the US and UK is a core priority for us .
“ Further , we ’ ve been partnering with a number of organisations and two of the big partners that we are really focused on for 2023 are the European Supplier Diversity Project and the Global Supplier Diversity Alliance .” sustainabilitymag . com 39