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Activism has always played a part in the causes agencies and corporations take on. Though internal stakeholders can champion a cause, true activism starts from the outside, usually in an area that people feel the organization isn’t supporting or being responsive enough to.

Supplier diversity got its start based on calls for economic inclusion within the Black community. It has expanded over the years to include women-, LGBTQ, and veteran-owned businesses. Because of their positions in the community — often as large employers and major economic engines — organizations are realizing they have the power (and a responsibility) to address economic disparities through their supply chains and how they purchase the goods and services needed to run their organizations. In addition to being responsive to the needs of the community, they’re finding that it also makes business sense.