Diverse Suppliers Add Value to Our Business

Supporting our communities while enhancing our role as a health care leader

The following message from William C. Weldon, our Chairman and CEO, makes clear our commitment to identifying and utilizing diverse suppliers:

"Our supplier diversity program broadens our commitment to the communities in which we live and work. Having a diverse supplier base strengthens our ability to conduct business across all cultures and geographies and, in doing so, gives us access to the thoughts, ideas and perspectives of some of the most diverse and forward-thinking companies in industry. Partnering with diverse suppliers and small businesses also creates jobs and builds wealth in the communities in which we operate. Very simply, it enables us to continue to develop and deliver superior products and services, while continuing to expand our customer base."

Key Johnson & Johnson Supplier Diversity Program components include

Outreach to suppliers through a variety of channels
Support of our external advocacy group partners
Supplier Diversity Team and senior management support
Internal goals and objectives, marketing campaigns, and accountability for results

Included in our Program are

Certified minority-owned businesses, small and large
Certified woman-owned businesses, small and large
Certified small disadvantaged businesses
Small, veteran-owned and service-disabled, veteran-owned businesses
Small, certified HUBZone businesses

Johnson & Johnson has been repeatedly recognized by DiversityBusiness.com as one of America's top 50 businesses for multicultural business opportunities. In the selection process for this citation, leading US women- and minority-owned businesses selected the FORTUNE 500 companies and government agencies that best promote multicultural business opportunities.

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Explore our Supplier Programs and other related topics through the Points of Interest links provided on this page.