Diverse Suppliers Are Important to our Success

Through our Supplier Diversity program, we aim to ensure that businesses with diverse ownership, control or operations become valued partners and grow with us. Diversity is a core value at Hollingsworth. We are committed to investing and engaging in the communities where we live and work in order to serve the greater good.

Hollingsworth encourages the award of contracts in a way that strengthens and increases business opportunities with diverse suppliers including but not limited to Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs), Women Business Enterprises (WBEs), Service-Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (SDVOBEs), Veteran Business Enterprises (VBEs), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Business Enterprises (LGBTBEs); and Disability-Owned Business Enterprises (DOBEs).

Partnering with Hollingsworth

We require third-party certification or government registration for suppliers to be included in our Supplier Diversity Program. Acceptable sources of certification/registration include:

• National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC)
• Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)
• U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
• VetBiz.gov
• System for Award Management (SAM)
• US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce (USPAACC)
• National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC)
• Disability:IN
• National Veteran-Owned Business Association (NaVOBA)
• WEConnect
• City/State/Municipality Certifications

A diverse supplier is a business that is at least 51% owned and operated by an individual or group that is part of a traditionally underrepresented or underserved group.

Source: Council for Supplier Diversity | San Diego, CA

We Support Minority Businesses

As a minority-owned company, Hollingsworth is committed to working with other minority-owned businesses whenever possible. Our overall current “minority spend” is 18 percent.

Living Hollingsworth through DE&I

Hollingsworth actively works to be a strong company with a warm and welcoming family feel, in which employees are valued, proud to call home and that attracts the best talent. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) is essential to achieving that objective. It is a Hollingsworth core value and is demonstrated in our everyday behaviors:

• We have a welcoming culture that embraces the unique values, traits, and skills of each team member
• We embrace the uniqueness of others
• We champion a positive work culture and a positive experience for all employees
• We are receptive to new hires and open to new ideas