The annual percent of participating companies that…

2024 Multimarket 2024 U.S. Market 2023 U.S. Market 2022 U.S. Market

• Have in place a Supplier Diversity Manager or Leader(s) who is dedicated to overseeing supplier diversity initiatives for their business
  • 2024 Multimarket: 83%
  • 2024 U.S. Market: 85%
  • 2023 U.S. Market: 84%
  • 2022 U.S. Market: 81%
• Have expenditures with Disability:IN certified disability-owned businesses
  • 2024 Multimarket: 53%
  • 2024 U.S. Market: 56%
  • 2023 U.S. Market: 50%
  • 2022 U.S. Market: N/A
• Have company-wide disability-focused goal(s) in place for supplier diversity and inclusion
  • 2024 Multimarket: 22%
  • 2024 U.S. Market: 24%
  • 2023 U.S. Market: 25%
  • 2022 U.S. Market: 21%
• Require at least some of their prime suppliers to have expenditures with disability-owned businesses in their Tier 2 supplier diversity program
  • 2024 Multimarket: 15%
  • 2024 U.S. Market: 21%
  • 2023 U.S. Market: 22%
  • 2022 U.S. Market: 21%
• Have a supplier diversity council or committee with a mission that specifically includes disability inclusion as an area of focus
  • 2024 Multimarket: 11%
  • 2024 U.S. Market: 25%
  • 2023 U.S. Market: 26%
  • 2022 U.S. Market: 24%

Supplier Diversity, as a corporate function, holds perhaps the greatest potential for sizable gains in economic outcomes for people with disabilities.

Most companies are missing out on the opportunity to have an upstream impact on the supply chain as 21% of U.S. participants (15% multimarket aggregate) indicated that they require at least some of their prime suppliers to have Tier 2 expenditures with Disability-Owned Business Enterprises (DOBEs).