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Supplier Diversity - 2nd Tier Initiative

Primary Supplier Participation in GP's 2nd Tier Initiative

Georgia-Pacific's contracted suppliers are encouraged to support GP's supplier diversity initiatives and their awarded contracts by making every effort to subcontract to diverse businesses. Special emphasis should be placed on the following diverse businesses: Minority-owned, Women-owned. Contracted suppliers must demonstrate that they have set in place a process to provide diverse businesses access to subcontracting opportunities. Where products or services directly relating to the GP account cannot be subcontracted, indirect subcontracting in non-essential areas is acceptable.

Our prime supplier's diverse subcontracting plan and compliance with this policy will be discussed and reviewed during supplier's periodic reviews with GP's purchasing departments.

2nd Tier Reporting Process

Contracted suppliers must provide Georgia-Pacific a quarterly report showing the diverse vendors they have subcontracted their direct or indirect purchases to. Primary suppliers participating in the program will be given their log in information to access the on-line 2nd Tier Reporting System.

Non-Participating Primary Suppliers:

To receive information about GP's 2nd Tier Initiative or to request your company's participation in the initiative, please contact our Supplier Diversity Office at (404) 652-4338 (phone) or (404) 487-3953 (fax) or supplierdiversity@gapac.com.

Participating Primary Supplier:
To access GP's 2nd Tier Reporting System, please visit the 2nd Tier Reporting System page.

Minority, Women, Disabled and Disadvantaged Business Policy

Georgia-Pacific is committed to supplier diversity as a key part of our overall strategic sourcing strategy. We strive to provide opportunities for qualified minority, women and disabled and disadvantaged businesses to compete for our business on a fair and even basis. In addition, we support inclusion of other historically underutilized businesses (HUB). We believe that the health of the diverse supplier base that supports the growing diverse society in which we do business is critical to the long-term health and competitiveness of Georgia-Pacific and our products.

Definition of a Diverse Business

A business enterprise that is at least 51% owned, controlled and operated by U.S. citizens who are either minorities (African American, Hispanic-American, Asian-Pacific American, Native-American, Asian-Indian American), females, disabled individuals, veterans or disadvantaged persons as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration guidelines. Also includes historically underutilized business (HUB) zone small business enterprises and business employing disabled persons under the JWOD federal initiative.

Diversity Classifications

  • MBE - Minority Business Enterprise
  • WBE - Female Business Enterprise
  • DIS - Disabled Business Enterprise
  • DVET - Service Disabled Veteral Business Enterprise
  • VET - Veteran Business Enterprise
  • HUB - Hub Zone Small Business Enterprise
  • HBCU - Historically Black College & University

MBE Ethnic Classifications

  • Asian Pacific American
  • Hispanic American
  • American Indian
  • African American
  • Asian Indian American