MGM Resorts International announced that as part of its continuing commitment to Diversity & Inclusion, the company has expanded the scope of its industry-leading Supplier Diversity Program for suppliers, contractors and professional service providers to include businesses owned by veterans.
Since its Supplier Diversity Program was introduced in 2001, MGM Resorts has contracted with more than 1,000 diverse suppliers and contractors, resulting in a cumulative total of more than $2.5 billion in company expenditures with such businesses. With the program's newly expanded categories, these figures are expected to increase significantly.
"This expansion of our Supplier Diversity Program was adopted to broaden the network of businesses who participate in our Company's commerce. Not only does this widen the pool of competitive providers of products and services potentially available to us, but it also enables us to forge relationships with qualified businesses that are reflective of our diverse community, to our mutual business benefit," said Jim Murren, Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International.