LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) presented its inaugural Supplier Diversity
Award to The BAMA Companies, Inc. (BAMA) at their annual supply chain
awards.
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Yum! Brands, Inc. presented its inaugural Supplier Diversity Award to The BAMA Companies, Inc. at their annual supply chain awards. (Photo: Business Wire)
The Supplier Diversity Award was created to honor a supplier
demonstrating significant leadership in the area of diversity and
inclusion. For more than 20 years, BAMA, a woman-owned business
enterprise, has been a leading and valued supplier of quality baked
goods to KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. They have demonstrated a strong
commitment to driving diversity and inclusion efforts in their
organization.
“We believe it’s critical to reflect the community’s diversity in all
that we do, including our supply chain. I’m pleased to recognize BAMA
with our first Supplier Diversity Award for their outstanding
contributions to our business, and for demonstrating that diversity and
inclusion is a business imperative,” said Greg Creed, Chief Executive
Officer, Yum! Brands, Inc.
Among its diversity and inclusion initiatives, the Company is:
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Holding Unconscious Bias training, hosted by James Fripp, Senior
Director of Yum! Global Diversity & Inclusion, and facilitated by
Howard J. Ross, author and thought leader on culture, leadership and
innovation. The training helped attendees be better employees and
colleagues by reflecting on what causes biases, acknowledging them and
understanding how they impact decision-making.
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Offering a Minority Lending Program to diverse prospective
franchisees, providing access to capital so they may enter the system
if they are otherwise qualified.
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Fostering Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) in the areas of:
International Professionals, LGBT Professionals, Multicultural
Professionals, Women Professionals and Young Professionals. Additional
ERGs will be created to meet the interests and needs of employees.
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Celebrating World Day for Cultural Diversity to raise awareness about
the importance of inclusion, understand different cultures and
recognize the uniqueness of people from different cultures, including
Yum! employees globally.
Visit http://www.yum.com/responsibility/diversity and
http://www.yumcsr.com/people/diversity.asp
for more detail on Yum!’s diversity and inclusion efforts.
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has over 41,000
restaurants in more than 125 countries and territories. Yum! is ranked
#216 on the Fortune 500 List with revenues of over $13 billion. In 2014
Yum! was named one of the Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders in North
America. The Company's restaurant brands - KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell
- are the global leaders of the chicken, pizza and Mexican-style food
categories. Outside the United States, the Yum! Brands system opens over
five new restaurants per day on average, making it a leader in
international retail development.
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Yum! Brands, Inc.
Laurie Schalow, 502-874-8200
Source: Yum! Brands, Inc.