WBENC’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises

The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) has named the recipients of its 2011 America’s Top Corporations For Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs) Award, the highest national award honoring corporations that level the playing field for WBEs to compete for corporate business.  WBENC recognized 29 corporations for developing and driving innovative best practices across their organizations that result in productive business partnerships with women entrepreneurs and valuable products and services for their customers:

Accenture
Alcatel-Lucent
Avis Budget Group
AT&T
BP America
Bank of America
Chevron
The Coca-Cola Company
Dell, Inc.
Energy Future Holdings
Ernst & Young LLP
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Ford Motor Company
IBM Corporation
Johnson & Johnson
Kelly Services, Inc.
Manpower Group
Marriott International, Inc.
Office Depot
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
PepsiCo, Inc.
Pfizer, Inc.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Shell Oil Company
Staples, Inc.
Target Corporation
United Airlines, Inc.
UPS
Verizon

“Thanks to the extraordinary leadership of our top corporations and the commitment of all our member companies, we have created tremendous opportunities for WBEs in the public and the private sectors. This work, in turn, fuels a stronger economy as WBEs add jobs and contribute to their communities,” said Pamela Prince-Eason, president and CEO of WBENC.
Source: www.wbenc.org