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Primary stakeholders have a vested interest in how the organization performs and the activities it engages in to achieve results. In short, they drive supplier diversity inside the organization. Primary stakeholders benefit when organizations are doing well, but their actions can also directly impact the organization’s success and failure.

Even with a push or outcry from secondary (external) stakeholders, nothing gets done internally without the efforts of the primary stakeholders, whether it’s the supplier diversity leader, senior leadership, or employees advocating for change. I’ve even seen organizations where supplier diversity was a personal purpose for members of the board, and they felt the organization could do more to support small and diverse businesses. Many organizations create supplier diversity councils consisting of a cross-section of internal and external stakeholders and use public input to help them shape and conceive their supplier diversity efforts. I know this may sound a bit reactive, but that’s okay.