Enterprise Holdings Drives Value with Supplier Diversity Program

"We developed this certification assistance program to create value for our existing diverse suppliers, helping these businesses obtain new opportunities and thrive in today's airport industry," said Lee Lewis, Supplier Diversity Manager for Enterprise Holdings. "From a business standpoint it helps drive value, and from a community standpoint it creates opportunity by driving economic inclusion, wealth-building and job growth."

Since the program's inception, Enterprise has reached out to more than 15,000 diverse suppliers through quarterly mailings. The company has also hosted several webinars to offer suppliers a forum to ask questions. By continuing to identify, utilize and increase the number of minority-owned, women-owned and other socially or economically disadvantaged small businesses that work to supply goods for its business, Enterprise is driving value in innovative ways.

Each U.S. airport is required to demonstrate its efforts toward meeting the federal government's ACDBE goals, and all concessionaires – including Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car – are thus required to report their efforts to each airport.

The ACDBE Certification Assistance Program is part of Enterprise Holdings' supplier diversity program, which develops supply-side business partnerships with companies that are:

• Minority-Owned
• Woman-Owned
• Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB)
• Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB certified)
• ACDBE certified; 8(a) certified
• LGBT enterprises
• Women Business Enterprise (WBE certified)
• Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
• Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE certified)
• HUBZone certified

Championing Diverse Suppliers in Canada

As a representative of Enterprise Holdings, Lewis was recently recognized by WEConnect International as the 2018 Canadian Supplier Diversity Champion of the Year. The award honors Lewis' and Enterprise's commitment to supplier diversity and advancing women-owned businesses in Canada.

"This award demonstrates the power, effectiveness and relevance of our supplier diversity program," said Gary Cunningham, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Holdings. "It celebrates not only the partnerships we've established with minority-owned, women-owned, and other socially or economically disadvantaged small businesses, but also the growth we've achieved by working together."

In his role, Lewis advocates for businesses like privately owned, Toronto-based Everyday Office Supplies – which is a WEConnect International Certified Women's Business Enterprise. The company supplies more than 50,000 competitively priced, high-quality office products to businesses of all sizes, including Enterprise.

"Diverse suppliers bring a unique level of agility, flexibility and innovation," says Lewis. "They're on the cutting edge of new technologies, and they have new ways of doing business that make a big difference for us."

About Enterprise Holdings
Enterprise Holdings – through its integrated global network of independent regional subsidiaries and franchises – operates the Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands at more than 10,000 fully staffed neighborhood and airport locations. Combined, Enterprise Holdings and its affiliate Enterprise Fleet Management accounted for $24.1 billion in revenue and owned 2 million vehicles throughout the world in fiscal year 2018. Enterprise Holdings' regional subsidiaries and Enterprise Fleet Management currently employ 100,000 worldwide. Enterprise Holdings currently is ranked as one of America's Largest Private Companies. Furthermore, if it were publicly traded, Enterprise Holdings would rank on Fortune's list of the 500 largest American public companies.

SOURCE Enterprise Holdings

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