{"id":8439,"date":"2022-03-25T09:54:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/procurement\/?page_id=8439"},"modified":"2022-10-18T12:38:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T16:38:29","slug":"exploring-certification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/procurement\/vendors-of-record\/social-procurement\/exploring-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Supplier diversity certification occurs through third party certification organizations. These are non-profit organizations that validate businesses as diverse owned and controlled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in learning more about getting your business certified, please visit the links below to find the certification body that is most applicable to your business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccab.com\/membership\/certified-aboriginal-business-cab\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business<\/a>&nbsp;(CCAB)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.camsc.ca\/what-is-certification\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council<\/a>&nbsp;(CAMSC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wbecanada.ca\/certification\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Women Business Enterprises Canada Council<\/a>&nbsp;(WBE)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cglcc.ca\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;(CGLCC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buysocialcanada.com\/social-enterprise-certification\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buy Social Canada<\/a>&nbsp;(Social Enterprise Certification)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/iwscc.ca\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inclusive Workplace Supply Council of Canada<\/a>&nbsp;(IWSCC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ has no affiliation with these organizations and has no influence on the certification process. Certification bodies may charge a fee for application and\/or certification.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"text-uppercase h5 wp-block-heading\">Important Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/procurement\/social-procurement-vendor-application-form\/\">Social Procurement Vendor Application Form<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/procurement\/social-procurement-vendor-application-form\/validated\/\">Application form for third-party validated businesses<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/procurementistings\/non-certified\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/procurement\/social-procurement-vendor-application-form\/non-validated\/\">Application form for non third-party validated businesses<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/secretariat-policies.info.yorku.ca\/policies\/social-procurement-policy\/\">Social Procurement Policy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/procurement\/vendor-directory\/\">Vendor Directory<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supplier diversity certification occurs through third party certification organizations. These are non-profit organizations that validate businesses as diverse owned and controlled. If you are interested in learning more about getting your business certified, please visit the links below to find the certification body that is most applicable to your business: Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business&nbsp;(CCAB) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":10007,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[173,25,47,26],"class_list":["post-8439","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-keele","tag-purchasing","tag-social-procurement","tag-strategic-procurement-services"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Exploring Certification | Social Procurement<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Social procurement considers how 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