COMPANIES FOR
DIVERSITY
No. 49 HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.
Mark V. Hurd,
Chairman, President
and CEO
Specialty Lists:
No. 4 on the Top 10 Companies
for Supplier Diversity
Industry: Technology
Main Competitors: Canon, Dell, IBM
U.S. Headquarters: Palo Alto, Calif.
Number of U.S. Employees:
52,000
Annual Revenue: $91.7 billion globally
of Operations Outside U.S.:
67
WHY IT’S ON THE TOP 50:
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has been either on
the Top 50 or the 25 Noteworthy
list for the last four years. The
company is very strong in Supplier
Diversity and also excels at
Corporate Communications.
Hurd meets regularly with them
(only 70 percent of Top 50 CEOs
do this). The company allocates 29
percent of its procurement budget
to Tier I (contractor) minority- and
women-owned suppliers (the Top 50
average is 9. 9 percent) and 10 percent to Tier II (subcontractor)
minority- and women-owned suppliers (the Top 50 average is 2. 9 percent). HP also provides financial
assistance for diverse suppliers.
Emily Duncan,
Vice President of
Diversity & Culture
DIVERSITY STRENGTHS: HP has
strong employee-resource groups and
Chairman, President and CEO Mark
RECENT DIVERSITY SUCCESS: The
Human Rights Campaign
Foundation gave a 100 percent score
on the Corporate Equality Index,
which measures companies on how
they treat their gay, lesbian, bisexual
and transgender employees.
No. 50 ACCENTURE
Industry: Consulting, Technology,
Outsourcing
Main Competitors: BearingPoint,
EDS, IBM
Number of U.S. Employees:
140,000
Annual Revenue: $16.65 billion
of Operations Outside U.S.:
61
Bill Green,
Chairman and CEO
WHY IT’S ON THE TOP 50: In moving
up to the Top 50 this year from the
25 Noteworthy Companies last year,
Accenture demonstrates strong CEO
Commitment and gets high marks
for Supplier Diversity.
The company also has strong
employee-resource groups.
Accenture partners with many
organizations, including INROADS,
Catalyst and the National Black
MBA Association to recruit top talent. Accenture actively recruits for
GLBT employees and people with
disabilities. Only 78 percent and 82
percent, respectively, of Top 50
companies do this.
DIVERSITY STRENGTHS: The company has unbiased retention in its
work force and its management,
meaning retention rates are level
across race/ethnicity and gender.
RECENT DIVERSITY SUCCESS: The
company’s Diverse Supplier
Development Program matches
Accenture executives with diverse
suppliers. Accenture also maintains
an online supplier diversity management tool that serves as a central
source of information for suppliers.
Andre Hughes,
Managing Director,
Human Capital
and Diversity
