[Blindtlk] Fw: Press Release: The 2013 DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for People with Disabilities Announced

[Sherri]

This is very interesting. I wonder how many of them hire blind people?

Sherri
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From: USBLN Executive Director, Jill Houghton [mailto:anita at usbln.org]
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 2:29 PM
To: Ripley, Samme
Subject: Press Release: The 2013 DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for People 
with Disabilities Announced





The 2013 DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for People with Disabilities 
Announced

For Immediate Release
May 1, 2013

Contact: Anita Howard
Phone: 800-706-2710
anita at usbln.org

WASHINGTON, DC (May 1, 2013) - The US Business Leadership Network® (USBLN®) 
wishes to congratulate the following companies who were recognized on the 
2013 DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for People with Disabilities. The 
organization is proud to announce that nine of the ten companies listed are 
members of the USBLN® including AT&T; Ernst & Young; IBM; Kaiser Permanente; 
KPMG; Microsoft; Procter & Gamble; Prudential Financial; and WellPoint. In 
addition, four of the ten companies also serve in a leadership capacity on 
the USBLN® Board of Directors to include; AT&T; Ernst & Young; IBM; and 
Procter & Gamble.

"It is our honor to acknowledge and express our sincere gratitude to our 
USBLN® members recognized on the 2013 DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for 
People with Disabilities. These companies set an example as leaders by 
demonstrating a commitment to disability business inclusion in their 
workplace, marketplace, supply chain processes and corporate supplier 
diversity programs," shared Jill Houghton, USBLN® Executive Director.

The 2013 DiversityInc Top 10 Companies for People with Disabilities

1. Ernst & Young
2. Procter & Gamble
3. IBM
4. KPMG
5. WellPoint
6. AT&T
7. Kaiser Permanente
8. Prudential Financial
9. Microsoft
10. Accenture

Over the last two years, DiversityInc has seen more than a 25 percent 
increase of spend with businesses owned by people with disabilities through 
their survey. Now in its 14th year, the survey uses an empirically driven 
ranking system based on key areas of diversity management including annual 
spend with businesses owned by people with disabilities. Innovative 
companies know that in order to be competitive and relevant in the 
marketplace, they must understand and solicit emerging-market customers such 
as people with disabilities including service-disabled veterans. In order to 
do this, they are seeking more partnerships with disability-owned suppliers.

Supplier diversity is not a social issue, but a business performance enabler 
that connects to evolving and growing demographic groups and adds to the 
corporate bottom line. Companies seeking to enhance their supplier-diversity 
programs through partnerships with businesses owned by people with 
disabilities are encouraged to become members of the USBLN®. The USBLN® 
Disability Supplier Diversity Program® (DSDP) connects their certified 
Disability-Owned Business Enterprises (DOBE®s) to major corporations and 
each other for enhanced access to business opportunities.

To view the 2013 top 50 Companies for Diversity from DiversityInc Magazine, 
visit The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity.

About the US Business Leadership Network® (USBLN®)

The US Business Leadership Network® (USBLN®) is a national non-profit that 
helps business drive performance by leveraging disability inclusion in the 
workplace, supply chain, and marketplace. The USBLN® serves as the 
collective voice of over 50 Business Leadership Network affiliates across 
the United States, representing over 5,000 businesses. Additionally, the 
USBLN® Disability Supplier Diversity Program® (DSDP) is the nation's leading 
third party certification program for disability-owned businesses, including 
businesses owned by service-disabled veterans. www.usbln.org

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