This certification is intended to help vendors source from LGBT-owned products and services, also known as supplier diversity.

Membership provides benefits such as access to certified suppliers, recognition as supporters of the LGBT business community and opportunities to share best practice in supplier diversity.

The conference aims to help corporations and small business owners share best practice in supplier diversity, to offer networking, and provide learning tools for small businesses.

"The realities of the American marketplace are such that, if companies don't embrace supplier diversity, they are acting to the detriment of their bottom line."

Dedicated to increasing supplier diversity in the State of Delaware.

"It provides a quality product, but it does not have the scale to innovate on its own," said Icy L. Williams, associate director for corporate supplier diversity at Procter.

In fact, a large and growing body of research has emerged that shows that businesses with greater workforce and supplier diversity outperform businesses that do not employ diversity practices.

Committed to supplier diversity, BDR is made up of 18 large firms who pledge to spend at least $1 billion contracting with minority-owned businesses.

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The President, Malik Ali, is a Harvard MBA, a university professor and a national expert in supplier diversity with over 20 years of experience.