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SDE is currently working in three ways:
n Linking up member corporations with diverse, potential suppliers via the Supplier Diversity Europe Database; at our Business Opportunities Event at Credit Suisse, Canary Wharf on June 23rd; at ABi Associates’ Speciality Food Reception at Levantine, London on July 8th and on an on-going one-to-one basis in response to specific procurement opportunities.
n Providing tailored, confidential support to each member corporation in how to make internal changes to best capture the business benefits of supplier diversity e. g., through benchmarking, regular one-to-one reviews and facilitated action plans. n Providing thought leadership on supplier diversity. SDE recently made public policy recommendations to a meeting of the UK government’ s Ethnic Minority Business Task Force. Our partners Crème( Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneuship) are currently researching a groundbreaking handbook on supplier diversity in Europe, to be published in May 2009.
Coming soon.. LGBT( lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) businesses are welcomed into SDE’ s diverse business community( Sept 19th event)…
SDE kick-starts activity in Sweden on Sept 24 / 25 … Supplier Diversity is a theme of the 12th Annual Ethnic Minority Business Conference, Leicester on Oct 22nd & 23rd.
To find out more about Supplier Diversity Europe, or to register your business, log on to www. supplierdiversity europe. eu
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