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Itron Recognized by Edison Electric Institute for Supplier Diversity
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Liberty Lake, WA / Aug 03, 2011 / -Itron was recently recognized for its supplier diversity program by the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) with the EEI Prime Supplier Award. The award is provided annually to an EEI prime supplier member company that has made great strides in the development or progression of their supplier diversity program.
“Itron’s supplier diversity focus is to provide procurement opportunities for small, minority, women and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses,” said Kate Armstrong, Supplier Diversity Leader. “Diversity inclusion is an important initiative and we are committed to implementing it across all of Itron’s business units. We are honored to receive recognition from EEI for our program.”
The EEI began giving out supplier diversity awards in 1985, recognizing EEI member companies for their outstanding achievements in the advancement of supplier diversity. Itron received the award at the 28th Annual EEI Supplier Diversity Conference held in Seattle, Wash. last month.
EEI is the association of U.S. shareholder-owned electric companies. Its members serve 95 percent of the ultimate customers in the shareholder-owned segment of the industry, and represent approximately 70 percent of the U.S. electric power industry.
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Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness is the largest organization of privately owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and colleges and universities. DiversityBusiness provides research and data collection services for diversity including the "Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities", "Top 500 Diversity Owned Companies in America", and others. Its research has been recognized and published by Forbes Magazine, Business Week and thousands of other print and internet publications. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. DiversityBusiness reaches more diverse suppliers and communicates more information to them on a more frequent basis then all other organizations combined. We also communicate with mainstream businesses, government agencies and educational institutions with information related to diversity. Our magazine reaches over 300,000 readers, a monthly e-newsletter that reaches 2.4 million, and website visitors of 1.2 million a month. It is a leading provider of Supplier Diversity management tools and has the most widely distributed Diversity magazine in the United States. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. Founded in 1980.
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