Procurement Magazine April 2024 | Page 10

MONTH IN REVIEW

NIKE EXCEEDS DIVERSE SUPPLIER SPEND TWO YEARS EARLY
Nike has surpassed its 2025 goal of spending US $ 1bn with diverseowned suppliers as part of its Business Diversity and Inclusion programme .
Nike launched the strategy in 2021 , laying out a five-year roadmap to create a more diverse and inclusive workforce , including businesses in its supply chain and those it sources from .
THE MICROSOFT SUPPLIER PRESTIGE AWARDS
The annual Microsoft Supplier Prestige Awards recognised its suppliers that demonstrate the key pillars of strategy , priority , agility and modernisation . These pillars relate to the arenas of sustainability , accessibility , inclusion , representation and community . Winners included KPMG , Nextant , Concentrix , Cyborg Mobile , Cloudforce , Carat USA , AI-4-SP , Schneider Electric and Lenovo .
10 April 2024