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February 24, 2011

WBENC Names 20 America’s Top Corporations for WBEs

Curious as to which major corporations truly support women business enterprises? WBENC has just announced its 20 America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises, all of which will be given awards during Summit & Salute on March 23, 2011. This is the only national award given to corporations for their programs that enable women-owned businesses to compete for corporate contracts, so it is truly an honorable distinction to be named.

Here is the complete list of companies receiving this accolade:

  • Accenture
  • Alcatel-Lucent
  • AT&T
  • Avis Budget Group, Inc.
  • Bank of America
  • Chevron
  • The Coca-Cola Company
  • Dell
  • Energy Future Holdings
  • Ernst & Young LLP
  • Exxon Mobil Corporation
  • IBM
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Kelly Services, Inc.
  • Manpower
  • PepsiCo, Inc.
  • Pfizer Inc.
  • Shell Oil Company
  • UPS
  • Verizon

You can read more about the awards and nominees in the full press release.






 
 

 
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