IMPACT Group Achieves Women Business Enterprise Certification: Certification Helps Bridge the Gap between Companies Looking to Partner with Women-Owned Suppliers
Supplier diversity programs give minority and women-owned businesses the opportunity to grow business, to experience success, and achieve dreams. Many large organizations supplier diversity programs look to WBENC for qualified, certified women-owned business like IMPACT Group, a relocation assistance and career management firm that is announcing their WBENC certification. WBENC’s programs help companies actively seek minority, female-owned, and small businesses that offer quality goods and professional services and provide solid business opportunities to these suppliers in order to maximize their participation in the procurement process.
SAINT LOUIS, MO (PRWEB) May 10, 2005 -– IMPACT Group, a women-owned, global
relocation career management firm, announced today that the company has met the
stringent requirements to be certified as a woman-owned business enterprise
(WBE) by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) – the nation’s
leading advocate of women-owned business as suppliers to America’s corporations.
WBENC, the largest, third party certifier of business in the United
States, provides a resource for more than 700 U.S. companies and government
agencies that rely on WBENC certification as an integral part of their supplier
diversity programs.
“In today’s global business, supplier diversity is a
valuable tool which helps retain and attract new employees and business,” said
Laura Herring, Founder, President and CEO of IMPACT Group. “As a businesswoman,
I am very proud and excited to be a part of an organization that introduces my
company to other global companies, and I look forward to partnering with them in
the near future.”
“As we continue to expand our business overseas, it is
crucial for our company to partner with other outstanding, intelligent
businesses that understand the benefits of working with diverse suppliers,” said
Lauren Herring, Director of International Development. “WBENC provides our
company with the resources needed to continue on our growth
path.”
Founded in 1988 by Laura Herring, IMPACT Group began as a niche
consulting firm specializing in family counseling to corporate Employee
Assistance Programs. Today, Herring has grown the business to a global,
multi-million dollar career management corporation servicing over 100 Fortune
500 companies and government agencies including the Department of Defense.
IMPACT Group is a valued member of other nationally-recognized women
organizations including: National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO),
National Women Business Owners Corporation Network (NWBOC) and Women Presidents’
Organization (WPO).
About WBENC
The Women's Business Enterprise
National Council (WBENC, pronounced wee-bank), created in 1997, is dedicated to
enhancing opportunities for women's business enterprises in America's major
business markets. In partnership with women's business organizations throughout
the United States, WBENC provides access to a national standard of
certification, with the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College an Executive
Management Program for women business owners, hosts Women in Business: Sharing
the Vision (the nation's largest conference and business fair for certified WBEs
and corporate supplier diversity and procurement executives), and provides
information certified women's businesses to purchasing managers through an
Internet database - WBENClink. For more information about the Salute, visit the
web site at www.wbenc.org.
About IMPACT Group
Founded in 1988,
IMPACT Group is a recognized leader in Spouse Employment and Family Relocation
Transition Support, Outplacement Services and Career Management. The St.
Louis-based firm provides customized services worldwide to more than 100 Fortune
500 corporations. For more information regarding IMPACT Group, please visit: www.IMPACTGROUPHR.com.
If you would like more information or would like to discuss the
benefits/requirements of working with WBE-certified organizations, please
contact Melanie Winograd (314) 392-0656 or via email at e-mail protected from
spam bots.
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above.
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