Supplier Connections
For companies, potentially at a more advanced level, the place where business leaders can go to learn more about engaging with inclusive suppliers or disability owned business enterprises (DOBEs). You will learn best practices and see case studies on driving successful outcomes.
Supplier Diversity
Best Practices
In the evolution of supplier diversity efforts, today is a pivotal time for supplier inclusion with many corporations and government agencies in the formative stages of recognizing, promoting and utilizing disability suppliers.
Disability-owned business enterprises have joined the ranks of minority-, woman-, LGBTQ-, and service veteran-owned businesses in supporting global supply chains. We are encouraged by this progress and wish to highlight leading business practices as examples for others to adopt. To learn more, download our PDF.
- Make it a Corporate Priority
- Utilize the Billion Dollar Roundtable (BDR)
- Strive for Global Inclusion
- Advance Accessibility in Procurement
- Enable Internal Support Systems
- Promote Education and Sponsorship Funding
DOBEs
Q&A with Lowe’s Disability:IN Supplier Victor Agapov
In July 2019, Lowe’s recognized Victor Agapov, sole owner of Wallo Brands LLC, at the Disability:IN National Expo as its first official Disability:IN Certified Disability-Owned Business Enterprise (DOBE). We recently spoke to Victor to learn more about his inspiration to start Wallo®, challenges as a business owner and DOBE certification.