Benefits of Certification
A (Certifiably) Great Idea
Are you a woman-owned business? Congratulations – you make up the fastest growing segment of the national and international business world! But standing apart from your competitors can be tough, and sometimes getting a foot in the door can be even tougher.
WBENC certification can make a difference. The most nationally recognized certification available to you, WBENC certification has a proven track record of opening new doors, shortening sales cycles and helping women-owned businesses learn how to navigate the procurement landscape more effectively.
With WBENC certification, you can:
- Get noticed by thousands of major U.S. corporations and several public agencies
- Gain exposure by exhibiting at WBENC’s national business conference, attended each year by hundreds of corporate supplier diversity professionals
- Be included in an online database used by corporate members and other certified women-owned businesses across the country to find talented suppliers
- Meet, mingle, commiserate and do business with other talented professional women business owners
- Identify new targets with access to a current list of supplier diversity and procurement executives at thousands of major U.S. corporations
- Strengthen your marketing efforts by featuring the WBENC member seal on your promotional materials
- Receive regular emails highlighting new sourcing opportunities from WBENC
- Compete to receive a Dorothy B. Brothers Scholarship to continue your executive management education
- Participate in the Tuck-WBENC Executive Program, a five-day executive development program to help you grow and expand your business
And there’s more! Visit WBENC to learn more about certification.
On top of the benefits that come with WBENC certification, Astra provides plenty of regional-specific perks to our members. Learn more
