MSDUK, an organisation that champions the inclusion of ethnic minority businesses (EMBs) and founders in corporate supply chains, has partnered with Unilever, WPP, Google and Dow to launch the UK’s first accelerator programme focused on helping 300 EMBs to become supply chain ready.
As part of its ongoing commitment to build an inclusive and diverse supply chain, Mercateo Unite has joined forces with Minority Supplier Development UK (MSDUK).
For everyone time seems to have slowed down somewhat in the last 12 months and it seems far more recent, but it’s actually been four years since the announcement came that new cars using diesel, petrol or even hybrid engines would be banned from 2035.
Bella Ngo co-founded Brarista while studying her master’s degree in Tech Entrepreneurship, as many other entrepreneurs, she was looking for opportunities to showcase her business and get support from experts and that’s why she and her team decided to participate in the MSDUK Innovation Challenge 2020, where her business won the Advanced Digital Technology category. Brarista uses AI to scientifically accurate fit bras and it is completely digital, fuss-free, no tape-measure required.
According to the WHO, about 80% of global blindness is avoidable. Imaging the retina can diagnose over 50 eye and whole-body diseases – including glaucoma and diabetes – however, current tools are neglected due to being slow, inaccurate and high cost. Over the past 10 years, the inability to recognise eye disease early on has cost the global economy £4.8 trillion.
Looking back to 2006, when MSDUK was formed, the progression over the last 15 years is humbling, says Mayank Shah, Founder & CEO, Minority Supplier Development UK (MSDUK).
Inclusion Week 2021 takes place this week (27 Sept – 3 Oct). Inclusion Week is designed to celebrate everyday inclusion in all its forms. This is the 9th year Inclusive Employers has brought organisations together from across the globe to celebrate, share and inspire inclusion practices.
Welcome aboard our FIRST EVER MSDUK Accelerator cohort! No-one ever said the journey of growing a business was easy, but our cohort will be in the best hands to develop their knowledge, and business network of lifelong support within the MSDUK Family.
MSDUK launches Supplier Diversity project in six European countries. A pan-European supplier diversity project launch in Amsterdam demonstrates corporate commitment to drive economic inclusion of ethnic minority/immigrant entrepreneurs in corporate supply chains