Supplier Diversity Overview
 Wal-Mart’s Supplier Diversity Program helps bring minority- and women-owned businesses into our vast network of suppliers.
The Supplier Diversity program aims to expand and advance our current 3,300 diverse suppliers who provide products and services for our customers’ varied needs. The Supplier Diversity program has grown from an initial $2 million in 1994 to more than $4.8 billion in 2007. Supplier Diversity Internal Steering CommitteeWe recognize that our supplier partnerships should be just as diverse as the customers who shop our stores. We created the Supplier Diversity Internal Steering Committee with senior leaders from all of our business units – Operating Divisions’, Marketing, Logistics, International, Information Systems, Legal and Real Estate. The Supplier Diversity Internal Steering Committee has been charged with creating a plan of action for doing business with more minority and women-owned suppliers that enhances both Wal-Mart’s and the suppliers’ business growth. 2nd TierThe 2nd Tier program encourages our 1st Tier suppliers to report what they spend with minority- and women-owned businesses, as it relates to the business they do with Wal-Mart. In 2007, our 2nd tier spend was more than $1.4 billion, bringing our combined spend with minority- and women-owned businesses to more than $6.3 billion. Relationship ManagementWe have created business and networking relationships with national supplier development and certification organizations. - African American Chamber of Commerce
- National Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- National Minority Supplier Development Council
- Native American Chamber of Commerce
- U.S. Chambers of Commerce
- U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce
- Women Business Enterprise National Council
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