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Maintaining strong relationships with suppliers is an important way to ensure corporate citizenship is integrated throughout a company’s operations. Corporations can be held accountable for their supply chains, and thus, should select and manage suppliers carefully. Sanofi, a diversified health care provider, is dedicated to developing a diverse supplier base that brings value to the business as well as the communities in which it operates. This priority led to the development of the Supplier Diversity Initiative at Sanofi. Kathleen Castore, Head of Supplier Diversity & Sustainability, recently shared some concrete advice and insights into Sanofi’s Supplier Diversity Initiative. Executive Forum » Investing in the future
Posted on July 20th, 2011 by Richard Stephens, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration, & Anne Roosevelt, Vice President, Global Corporate Citizenship, Boeing
Corporate citizenship is a key component of Boeing’s business strategy – fueling commerce, providing meaningful employment and playing a role in our communities.
Our corporate citizenship work is particularly important as globalization and changing demographics continue to transform business. With more than 75 million baby boomers nearing retirement in the United States alone, technology-based companies face a skills shortage as fewer students gain the qualifications needed for the high-tech jobs of today and tomorrow.
Like many of our industry peers, our competitiveness relies not only on our access to a robust, highly-skilled work force educated in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) but also that they enter the work force prepared with problem-solving, team work and collaborative skills needed for success. Read the rest of this entry »
