Supplier diversity

ExxonMobil strives to grow procurement of goods and services from qualified, competitive local suppliers as a means to strengthen local economies in the communities where we operate. For example, in Sakhalin in 2006, we awarded contracts valued at more than $400 million to Russian companies supporting our development and production operations, bringing our total contracting with Russian suppliers over the last 10 years (1996-2006) to $3.6 billion.

ExxonMobil’s U.S. Supplier Diversity program focuses on growing our business with Minority and Women Business Enterprises (MWBE) based in the United States. In 2006, ExxonMobil’s purchases from minority and woman-owned businesses exceeded $590 million. ExxonMobil was recognized in 2006 by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council as one of the top corporations doing business with women-owned businesses in the U.S.

In addition to our purchases from MWBEs, ExxonMobil provides development and training to these businesses. We fund scholarships for MWBE business owners to attend courses at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. In recognition of our long-standing commitment to supporting minority and woman-owned businesses, ExxonMobil has twice been honored as the U.S. National Minority Supplier Development Council’s Corporation of the Year.

ExxonMobil has also supported the effort to extend the National Minority Supplier Development Council model outside the U.S. in countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom and Brazil.

Malaysia
The ExxonMobil Young Entrepreneur program facilitates educating and inspiring young people to value free enterprise, business and economics. Students have hands-on experience in running their own companies, guided by ExxonMobil Malaysia employees who volunteer as advisors.

U.S. supplier diversity

Pala-Interstate
In the midst of chaos and destruction from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, ExxonMobil was able to rely on our suppliers for critical services. One such supplier that aided in the restoration of services to ExxonMobil’s Gulf Coast oil refineries was Pala-Interstate, a Baton Rouge-based company specializing in construction services.

Pala is a Hispanic-owned business with a 25-year history with ExxonMobil. “As we began our post-hurricane cleanup efforts, Pala expanded their services to provide us with much needed extra support,” explained Lind Guillot, tank team leader at the Chalmette refinery. “After Katrina, we were ready to respond immediately to the wide range of ExxonMobil needs,” said Jorge Tarajano, president of Pala-Interstate. “We supported the company with everything from general cleanup to securing storage tanks back on to their foundations.”