About Supplier Diversity

We believe a diverse, multicultural supply chain is a source of innovation and is good for business. In many countries, governments are focusing on supplier diversity and requiring it of businesses. For example, in the United States, a company that provides products and services to government organizations or public utilities must demonstrate its efforts to reach out to diverse suppliers, including:

• Small businesses
• Veteran-owned small businesses
• Service-disabled or disabled veteran-owned small businesses
• Small, disadvantaged businesses
• Women- or minority-owned small businesses or enterprises

Our services include:

• Participating in global outreach programs
• Collaborating and empowering suppliers
• Accelerating supplier opportunities

For more detailed information about our services, download Cisco's Supplier Diversity: Supplier Advantage quick reference guide.

Past Recognition and Future Plans

Cisco has been recognized for our supplier diversity efforts by DiversityBusiness.com. Cisco ranks as one of the top 50 U.S. companies providing multicultural business opportunities, based on feedback received from more than 650,000 women- and minority-owned businesses.

Feel free to contact the team if you have any questions: sd_other@external.cisco.com