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Member Benefits

As a corporate member of the Women's Business Enterprise National Council you will benefit by:

  • Participation in a nationwide information and referral network.
  • National recognition as a supporter of women-owned businesses.
  • B2B opportunities including:
    • Sourcing capability through pass code access to WBENCLink, our Internet database.
    • E-mail RFP distribution through WBENC's List Serve capabilities.
    • Inclusion of your corporate identity symbol on www.wbenc.org
    • Hyperlink to your corporate or supplier diversity Web Site from the WBENC Web Site.
  • Listing as a "Corporate Member" in all WBENC marketing materials, brochures and press releases.
  • Access for your women-owned suppliers to a nationally recognized certification program.
  • Reciprocity for your women-owned suppliers with WBENC certifying partner organizations throughout the United States.
  • Assistance with the development or expansion of women's business supplier programs utilizing WBENC's Best Practices in Supplier Diversity.
  • Ability to nominate two WBEs to the Women's Enterprise Leadership Forum.
  • Confidence in awarding contracts to WBEs whose certification has been processed with standardized procedures, strictly adhered to by WBENC partner organizations.
  • Stringent certification standards that help you to identify bona fide WBEs so you and your buying organizations can accurately report expenditures and utilization rates.
  • Confidence that your programs are benefiting the constituencies for which they were intended.
  • Use of the WBENC member seal on your supplier diversity marketing materials - a recognized sign of your support for women's business enterprises.
  • Free access to "Best Practices" supplier diversity research conducted annually by WBENC and participation in our Annual Search for America's Top Corporations for WBEs.
  • Monthly information on what is happening in supplier diversity in Washington, DC and across the country.

Unlike other organizations that merely verify certification provided by other entities, WBENC is the only national organization providing a strict certification process that includes a detailed notarized affidavit, client interviews and site visits.

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