Supplier Inclusion
A commitment to support small and diverse suppliers, ensuring our supply base reflects who we are, and the communities in which we live.
It is the policy of DuPont that our businesses include and support high-performing, small and diverse suppliers in their supply chains as a component of our global commitment to diversity and inclusion. Ensuring our supply base reflects our customers, employees and the communities where we live, and work is a key business strategy. This policy is enabled by our Global Procurement team and implemented by our businesses.
Interested in doing business with DuPont? Please register your company using the link below.
Awards & Recognition
Inclusion Classifications
At DuPont, we know that small and inclusive suppliers are critical to our ability to win in the marketplace, due to their increased levels of agility, flexibility, and innovation. Spend with an inclusive set of companies in the following categories are recognized as part of the Supplier Inclusion Program:
Supplier Inclusion Programs
As a global company, we recognize the value of an inclusive supplier base providing the goods and services for our operations. Learn how our Supplier Inclusion Programs are helping qualified suppliers to meet the needs of DuPont.
Minority group members are United States citizens who are Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American. Ownership by minority individuals means the business is at least 51% owned by such individuals or, in the case of a publicly-owned business, at least 51% of the stock is owned by one or more such individuals i.e. the management and daily operations are controlled by those minority group members.
For more information about MBE certification, visit National Minority Supplier Development Council.
A Women’s Business Enterprise, commonly referred to as a WBE, is an independent business concern that is at least 51% owned and controlled by one or more women who are U.S. citizens or Legal Resident Aliens; whose business formation and principal place of business are in the U.S. or its territories; and whose management and daily operation is controlled by a woman with industry expertise.
For more information about WBE certification, visit Women’s Business Enterprise National Council. For WBEs based outside the U.S., visit WEConnect International.
A Veteran Business Enterprise, commonly referred to as a VBE, is an independent business concern that is at least 51% owned and controlled by a veteran (having served in the active military, naval or air service and was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable). For more information about VBE certification, visit National Veteran Business Development Council or the Center for Veterans Enterprises.
Additional information for veteran-owned businesses is available here.
A LGBTQ+IA Business Enterprise, commonly referred to as an LGBTBE, is an independent business concern majority (at least 51%) owned, operated, managed, and controlled by an LGBTQ+IA person or persons who are either U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. The business must exercise independence from any non-LGBTQ+IA business enterprise, have its principal place of business (headquarters) in the U.S. and has been formed as a legal entity in the U.S.
For more information about LGBTBE certification, visit the National LGBTQ+ & Allied Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC).
Disability-owned Business (DOBE)
Disability-owned Business Enterprise, commonly referred to as an DOBE, is an independent business which is 51% owned, controlled, operated, and managed by a person(s) with a disability. For more information about DOBE certification, visit Disability:IN.
Refer to the Small Business Administration’s, “What is a Small Business” for help in determining what constitutes a small business concern. If you are considered a small, disadvantaged, woman owned, veteran, service-disabled veteran or HUB Zone business and are not registered with the SBA Pro-Net database, please visit SBA Central Contractor Registration (CCR) to self-register. Registration is requested in order for us to identify your company within our subcontracting database and to be certified by the SBA criteria.