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The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), founded in 1997, is the nation's leading
advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations. It also is the largest third-party
certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC works to foster diversity
in the world of commerce with programs and policies designed to expand opportunities and eliminate barriers
in the marketplace for women business owners. WBENC works with representatives of corporations to
encourage the utilization and expansion of supplier/vendor diversity programs.
Dedicated to enhancing opportunities for women's business enterprises, WBENC works in partnership with
women's business organizations located throughout the country to provide a national standard of certification
for women-owned businesses. The organization also provides its corporate members and certified women's
business enterprises (WBEs) with access to a range of B2B sourcing tools including, an Internet database -
WBENCLink - that contains information on certified women's businesses for purchasing managers nationwide.
WBENC is a resource for the more than 700 US companies and government agencies that rely on the WBENC
certification as an integral part of their supplier diversity programs.
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