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“ With the work that MSDUK are doing in the European Supplier Diversity Project ; and that which WeConnect International are doing in broadening their scope , we ’ ll see more European companies start to create their own supplier diversity programmes which will be incredibly impactful .
“ I hope to see more transparency around how we ’ re measuring supplier diversity ; what we are measuring ; how we ’ re measuring , and what the standards are by which we ’ re measuring supplier diversity and success .”
If credibility is to be achieved , and real change is to be brought about in the world , quantifiable KPIs must be ushered in . More hope , less faith .
Sands predicts that there will be a fundamental change in the way that the economic impact from supplier diversity is measured , and in conclusion , asserts the formula that sits in essential poise at the human heart of supplier diversity as a principle – she says : “ We can go further and faster , if we go together .”
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