Supplier Diversity

Donna Cole, founder of Cole Chemical & Distributing, a preferred distributor of chemical products to Shell.

When it comes to working with suppliers, Shell has found that bigger often is not better. For three decades, we have sought supply sources around the world represented by minority and women owners. This applies to every type of company we work with.

We also encourage other large companies to follow our lead. We have created incentives for Shell’s major suppliers and partners to adopt their own formal initiatives toward diversity and inclusion. Yes, we believe that this is socially responsible, but we have also found that it makes a lot of business sense.

Partnering with a diverse range of suppliers has given us better insight into the communities where we operate. It has helped us spot local trends and respond in ways that build up regional economies as well as our business. It has helped us to forge stronger local relationships, which in the end helps us to better serve our customers.

The benefits go even deeper. We have found that working with minority and women-owned businesses injects our corporate culture with a greater spirit of entrepreneurship, innovation, resourcefulness and pure enthusiasm. Quite simply, working with diverse suppliers is a wonderfully energizing breath of fresh air for our people, our productivity and our company.

Shell Oil Products & Motiva Enterprise LLC are committed to the economic development of small business (SB), small disadvantaged business (SDB), women owned small business (WOSB), veteran-owned small business (VOSB), service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SD/VOSB), and Historically Underutilized Business Zone small business concerns (HUBZone SB), hereafter referred to as SBC’s. It is our policy to actively engage in efforts that provide for SBC inclusion through our company-wide Supplier Diversity Program as specified in federal policy statements, regulations and DoD directives.

We are committed to developing mutually beneficial business relationships with SBC’s that have the capability to meet or exceed our requirements for products and services.

Shell Oil Products & Motiva’s ability to tap into the reservoir of talent, innovativeness and competitiveness of small business and women entrepreneurs, enhances our capability to manage our business through all economic cycles and to create a thriving, diversity-rich business climate.

Therefore, our commitment is:

• To encourage behaviors, strategies and processes consistent with the diversity and inclusiveness standard
• To foster utilization and developmental opportunities for SBC’s to achieve improved business results

We believe that by embracing the concept of inclusion, we will rise to a higher level, reflecting our belief that we will benefit from diversity through better relationships with customers, suppliers, partners, employees, government and other stakeholders, with positive impact on the bottom line.