There is so much energy across the company in support of our commitments to address racial injustice. THANK YOU.
We want to let you know that Procurement is leading a centralized effort to engage our top 100 suppliers to collect their workforce representation data (see Satya's announcement in the link above). This centralized effort allows us to ensure appropriate reviews by CELA, Privacy, and D&I. It also allows us to create a simple, consistent experience for our suppliers.
Please support our cross-company effort by not asking suppliers directly for this data. Asking for data directly could create confusion for our suppliers and create legal and co-employment risk for Microsoft. Balance will be important as we want to encourage enthusiasm, but the most helpful, effective approach is to align with this centralized effort.
On our end, we will remain transparent about our progress via company-wide updates on MSW and are happy to discuss further
