Top 5 things to know about Element's supplier diversity program
October 05, 2022
Diverse suppliers whose business model aligns with your strategy can provide competitive, high-quality goods and services to help you meet your fleet needs. By intentionally choosing diverse suppliers, you can drive real change in your business, partnerships and communities.
October is Global Diversity Awareness Month
What better time than now to double down on being part of something bigger and meet – or exceed – your diverse spend business objectives. This Global Diversity Awareness Month – and every day – Element Fleet Management is commitment to amplifying business diversity while encouraging the growth of diverse suppliers.
Are you ready to achieve your supplier diversity spend goals?
- Our supplier diversity program reflects the model to drive real Diversity, Equity and Inclusion progress in our industry.
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is embedded in everything we do and goes beyond checking the box. Rather, the results of our supplier diversity program are shaping Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the fleet industry and are proven mutually beneficial to our diverse suppliers, our clients and the communities where we live and work. - We’re putting diverse supplier prioritization tools at your fleet drivers’ fingertips.
Element’s Xcelerate™ for Drivers application provides diversity vendor filters for fleet drivers to easily identify, locate and support diverse vendors. By integrating supplier diversity into your business operations, this tool enables diverse supplier utilization.
- Element’s supplier diversity program provides an unmatched database and reporting system.
Growing small and diverse businesses powers economic inclusion and fuels local economies. Our commitment to supplier diversity facilitates accurate and configurable diverse spend tracking, providing our clients confidence in the data for reporting and improvement needs. - Our network consists of more than 4,700 diverse suppliers.
We proactively solicit small and diverse-owned businesses and track the diversity status of our supplier base on an ongoing basis. With a network this vast, our diverse vendor partners can meet your fleet needs and help you achieve your supplier diversity spend goals.
- Element’s supplier diversity program is making an impact.
By choosing Element’s supplier diversity program, you gain access to our broad network of diverse partners and can be part of our commitment to making a difference in the local communities where you live and work in support of driving real societal change.
Our supplier diversity program journey
Element’s commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion began in the early 1990s and has continuously developed and evolved to meet our clients unique fleet needs. Through ongoing momentum, the future of our supplier diversity program is bright. Our stand-out supplier diversity program will continue to progress to include sustainable sourcing concepts, expand supplier coverage and increase our diverse supplier database.
Contact Element Fleet Management today and be a part of our supplier diversity program.
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