We are committed to fair, ethical and responsible competition, including legally compliant inclusive procurement practices, while ensuring high-quality, innovative and cost-effective products and services. We partner with suppliers that share this commitment. Through our supplier inclusion processes, Mastercard actively seeks to provide small and other underutilized businesses an opportunity to participate in procurement activities. We look to partner with, grow and develop these businesses in our supplier base.

We recognize that successfully maintaining a robust, inclusive supply base requires commitment and teamwork throughout the organization. We encourage all employees to support these efforts and ensure qualified suppliers from a broad range of communities have a fair opportunity to compete for our business.

We expect our suppliers to share our values around inclusion for all and to further opportunities for qualified small and other underutilized businesses within their own procurement processes. Mastercard suppliers who subcontract work to qualified underutilized business enterprises (direct Tier 2) or use such enterprises to provide goods and services contributing to their business (indirect Tier 2) will be viewed as supporting and adding value to Mastercard’s inclusive supply chain.