At Cardinal Health, we're dedicated to making healthcare more cost-effective, so our customers can focus on their patients. And our relationships with our suppliers are clearly at the heart of the work we do to improve efficiencies and enable cost-effectiveness.

Cardinal Health proactively seeks sourcing relationships with all businesses - including small businesses, minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses, and HUBzone-based businesses. In fact, we currently source more than $1 billion each year from these diverse suppliers.

In all of the geographic regions where we operate, Cardinal Health seeks suppliers who can provide quality products and services at competitive costs, who demonstrate a focus on operational excellence and share our passion for serving our customers.

Other significant activities to note is Cardinal Health is an active member of:

• Healthcare Supplier Diversity Alliance (HSDA)
• National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc.
• (NMSDC) and its affiliate councils
• A corporate member of the Chicago Chapter of Women's Business Development Center (WBNC)
• A board member of the South Central Ohio Minority Business Council,
• A board member of Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council Business
• Center for Veterans Enterprise
• ...and several other nationally recognized organizations.

Cardinal Health remains committed to diversity as a way of business and we continue to strive to achieve and surpass our goals.  We support our employees as they work on diverse community projects.  We welcome open honest feedback on our diversity initiatives and continually measure our progress.