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Office Depot Recognized as One of America’s Top Corp For Women
BOCA RATON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Office Depot, Inc., which entered into a definitive agreement on February 4, 2015 to be acquired by Staples Inc., today announced that it was named to the 16th annual list of America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs) by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). This marks the 13th year that Office Depot has been named to the selective list.
“We are proud to be recognized again for proactively integrating WBEs into our supply chain, validating our commitment to actively conducting business with women-owned businesses that are WBENC-certified,” said Linda Boykin, vice president of merchandising for Office Depot, Inc. “We created our supplier diversity program to give these types of businesses additional opportunities to grow and prosper, and we couldn’t be happier to continue to see them breaking down barriers and becoming successful.”
Making products from diverse suppliers readily available and top of mind for business customers is a core focus of Office Depot’s supplier diversity strategy. The Company actively seeks out promising diverse suppliers that are certified minority-, women-, disabled-, LGBT- and veteran-owned to ensure equal opportunity in the supplier selection process.
Office Depot also created the first and only annual diverse supplier catalog for the office supplies industry in 2009, which features the company’s complete assortment of products sold by these vendors. Today, the catalog contains nearly 2,200 products offered by certified diverse suppliers. This initiative has helped to fuel growth in sales, inventory turnover, and market expansion for these enterprises, and has provided a simple, straightforward mechanism to help Office Depot’s business customers meet their diversity purchasing goals.
"WBENC's Top Corporations set the standard for enabling women suppliers to access increased opportunities in new markets – both domestically and internationally," said Pamela Prince-Eason, president and CEO of WBENC. "WBENC-Certified WBEs in turn are able to fuel innovation, and empower communities through economic growth and job creation."
Office Depot was presented with the America’s Top Corporation award at the WBENC Summit & Salute to Women’s Business Enterprises, which took place March 18-19 in Baltimore.
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