Supplier diversity is a key strategic business imperative integrated into our sourcing strategy and is applied globally. We’re fully committed to building a diverse, innovative and resilient supply chain, which enables growth and progress in all the communities we serve and contributes to an equitable and sustainable future.
We care about establishing relationships with businesses that are often underrepresented in supplying the needs of major corporations – including but not limited to those certified as:
- Women-owned;
- Minority-owned, including location-specific qualifications such as aboriginal-owned in Canada and indigenous-owned in Australia;
- Veteran-owned, including service-disabled veteran owned;
- Persons with disabilities-owned;
- LGBTQ+ owned;
- Disadvantaged-owned, including historically underutilized businesses, and;
- Small Business Enterprises, as defined and recognized by their respective national or state government criteria.
Embedding supplier diversity into our sourcing and procurement activities enables us to provide flexible, quality solutions at the best price for our businesses and builds supply chain resilience.
In our performance driven culture, we recognize and greatly value the opportunity, innovation, and competitive advantages that diverse suppliers bring to our business. We promote inclusive growth in our supply chain by using diverse suppliers certified/recognized by a local/national government authority or advocacy organization.
We continue to target a minimum diverse spend across our firm annually, which aims to diversify our supply chain while recognizing the opportunities and advantages that all suppliers bring.
We strive for the consideration of qualified diverse suppliers with the right competencies in all our sourcing and procurement activities whenever possible. We actively identify and include diverse suppliers in our competitive tenders, further supported by data from diverse advocacy organizations of which UBS is a proud member.
UBS is a proud corporate member of several advocacy organizations. These partnerships give us insights into diverse supplier markets across the globe, as well as assisting with supplier outreach efforts and opportunity matching.
Do you fulfill the criteria as a diverse supplier? Would you like to be included in our diverse supplier database? We’d love to hear from you.
Please include the following when registering:
- Company details, including address and point of contact
- Certification copy – please attach any appropriate registrations, even if not issued by any of the advocacy organizations listed above
- Corporate deck or information on your company’s main area of expertise
Kindly note that the registration with UBS does not guarantee any business. Your information will be saved in our diverse supplier database consulted as part of the sourcing process.
