WBENC has honored 75 corporations with the prestigious America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs) award.

Underscoring that commitment, the 2019 Top Corporations collectively spent more than $51.9 billion with WBENC Certified WBE suppliers in 2018.

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WBENC’s Top Corporations award honors those corporations who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to the inclusion of women-owned businesses in their supply chains. WBENC applauds the 2019 honorees for successfully implementing world-class diversity and inclusion programs that enable growth and innovation, while breaking down barriers for women entrepreneurs.

Underscoring that commitment, the 2019 Top Corporations collectively spent more than $51.9 billion with WBENC-Certified WBE suppliers in 2018. All 75 of the 2019 Top Corporations require supplier diversity language in their procurement requests and mentor WBEs to help drive results and develop women-owned business as valued suppliers. Find more facts and figures about the 2019 Top Corporations for WBEs at wbenc.org/blog.

Congratulations to IWEC Foundation Partners Microsoft, Wells Fargo, IBM and United Airlines in making the list!

The 2019 America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises are (in alphabetical order):

Accenture

Adient

Allstate Insurance Company

American Airlines

American Water Works Service Company Inc.

Apple

AT&T

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

Bank of America

Bayer U.S. LLC

BP America, Inc.

Bristol-Myers Squibb

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About WBENC:

WBENC is the largest certifier of women-owned businesses in the U.S. and a leading advocate for women business owners and entrepreneurs. We believe diversity promotes innovation, opens doors, and creates partnerships that fuel the economy. That’s why we provide the most relied upon certification standard for women-owned businesses and the tools to help them succeed. We work to accomplish this by focusing on our CORE platform:  certification, opportunity, resources, engagement.