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Supplier diversity

Small and diverse businesses have a major impact on the economy. By providing equal opportunities for diversity business enterprises to compete for our business, both Eaton and our communities benefit.

Strategy and objectives

Promoting an environment for diversity businesses to thrive needs a proactive procurement strategy. The mission of supplier diversity at Eaton is to achieve community and economic impact by including diverse companies throughout our supply base.

We strive to build strategic partnerships based on three important pillars: innovation and value; economic inclusion; and business development.

Our supplier diversity team commits to creating a sustainable diverse sourcing strategy by focusing on these objectives:

Increase participation of diverse businesses throughout our supply chain.
Set and achieve annual diverse spend targets across all areas of spend.
Use advanced analytics to conduct benchmarking and continuous improvement.
Actively participate in diversity conventions, events and education organizations.

Engaging a diverse supply base

Eaton’s combined spending with minority, women, veteran-owned diverse and small businesses was greater than 32 percent of supplier spending in the U.S. in 2020 with a total of $702 million going to minority, women, veteran, LGBT+ and disabled-owned businesses. In 2020 we advanced our supplier diversity program, purchasing $1.9 billion in goods and services from small and diverse suppliers, and growing our business with women-owned businesses by approximately 7% and with veteran-owned businesses by nearly 5% over 2019.

Affiliations & certifying agencies

We rely on strong partnerships with various certifying agencies to grow our supplier diversity program and maintain our third-party verified database of diverse suppliers. Our local, national and international diverse supplier affiliations and certifying agencies include:

Disability:IN

Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (MHCC)

Minority Supplier Development United Kingdom (MSDUK)

National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC)

National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC)

National Veteran Business Development Council (NVBDC)

Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council (OMSDC)

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Women's Business Enterprise Council Ohio River Valley (WBEC-ORV)

Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)

WEConnect International

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Eaton is committed to continuing to leverage our award-winning supplier diversity strategy to create long-term and sustainable economic impact in the communities in which we live, work and serve.

Rogerio Branco, Executive Vice President, Supply Chain Management

Introduction to supplier diversity

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Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy and helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges.