Gender-responsive procurement

14/11/2025|In Procurement Series|1 Minutes

Women workers and business owners offer untapped value across supply chains

Many businesses are missing an opportunity to tap a significant source of value creation: the millions of women in their supply chains.

Governments increasingly use their massive buying power to prioritise women business owners and employees across their supplier networks. Corporations and businesses can exert similar positive impact through their global supply chains, according to Sweef Capital Director and gender-responsive procurement specialist Rowena Reyes. Jennike Veronika, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Vilo outlines how the Indonesian company has prioritised empowering women by sourcing ingredients and food products from local women suppliers.

Read more about the benefits of gender-responsive procurement in this article, part of the Sweef Capital Gender ROITM Insight Series.

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