Are your suppliers as sustainable as they claim? There are many papers and studies that show that diverse-owned businesses are more, or at least as sustainable, as non diverse-owned businesses. All the more reason to include more diverse-owned businesses in…
Would you like to include more diverse owned businesses in your supply chain in 2023? There are several ways to do this. Below is a selection of actions you can take: fips consulting is ready to help you build and…
Last week I talked about the 2022 Supplier Diversity & Incluison highlights and events. This time, I would like to share two Supplier Diversity / Inclusive Sourcing events – that I think should not be missed – in 2023. Date…
Welcome 2023 – here’s to a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year! Before we get too busy with what lies ahead in 2023, I would like to review 2022 and say THANK YOU for all the great opportunities, meetings, friendships…
In just over a year, on January 1, 2024, the CSRD will come into force. Companies already in scope of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) will need to report in 2025 based on FY 2024 information – so get ready…
A question not only for business-to-customers (B2C) companies. About 15% of the population in the EU have a disability, 54% are women, 10% of the population in the EU are from a non-white ethnic minority, and 7.1% of the population…
Switzerland-based venture capital fund Privilege Ventures has just launched its fourth fund. The Equity Fonds Privilège provides 20 million Swiss Francs (ca 21 Mio USD) to support tech startups in the digital economy, deeptech and medtech sectors. The focus is…
Lhotse recently published a blog post in which Andrea Fimian, CEO / Founder of fips consulting shared some of her insights on Supplier Diversity & Inclusion. Innovate your supply chain and increase resilience through supplier diversity Lhotse is a procurement…
Do you know about the 15% pledge? The Fifteen Percent Pledge is a call to action for major retailers and corporations in the US to create sustainable and supportive ecosystems for Black-owned businesses to succeed. Black people make up 15%…
Delighted and honored to announce that I will be a speaker at the Women’s Forum Global Meeting on the session ”Inclusive Supply Chains – an Untapped Potential for Positive Impact?“. In this Daring Circle Women4Business Discovery Session, we will be…
