Commitment to Supplier Diversity

For decades, Altria Group and its companies have worked to strengthen communities by reaching out to diverse suppliers. Our highest levels of management emphasize this commitment, which is communicated throughout our company.  As a result, supplier diversity is not an isolated program at Altria Group, but an integral part of how we conduct our business

Working With Minority-owned and Women-owned Business Enterprises

We enjoy many direct benefits as a result of our ongoing efforts to encourage supplier diversity. By tapping into the energy and ingenuity of hundreds of minority-owned and women-owned enterprises, we receive products and services that make our own operations more efficient and profitable.

We believe that successful companies have a strong obligation to help improve the lives of people in their communities. By strengthening the economic prosperity in our communities, supplier diversity programs help to create more businesses, more entrepreneurship, more employment and more business training.

Our Supplier Diversity Development (SDD) Process

A cross-functional team of specialists called "champions" represent various functional areas in support of our process.

• The team meets periodically with the director of supplier diversity, and annually develops goals for their functional area to work with minority-owned and women-owned businesses. 
• Our procurement professionals, in conjunction with our SDD champions, are accountable for meeting annual utilization targets with diverse suppliers and for identifying developmental opportunities as required.

In addition to being actively involved in purchasing goods and services from diverse suppliers, Altria Group supports organizations that represent minority and women business owners. We have long supported the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) and its affiliate councils around the nation. We also champion organizations of women business owners such as the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

If you are a minority-owned or women-owned business and are interested in working with us, learn more about the registration and certification process.

Contact Information

Supplier Diversity Development Process
P.O. Box 85088
Richmond, VA 23285

Phone: 1-888-685-7337

Contact us via e-mail

Related Information

Other Web Resources:

• National Minority Supplier Development Council
• U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce
• Women's Business Enterprise National Council