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Across its platform, Apollo helps to build and finance stronger businesses. Apollo is focused on growing direct and indirect spending with diverse businesses across its private equity portfolio.

​About Apollo
Apollo is a high-growth alternative asset manager.
Across its platform, Apollo helps to build and finance stronger businesses.  By investing along the risk-reward spectrum, Apollo is providing companies with innovative capital solutions and support to fund their growth and create value. As part of its strategy, Apollo seeks to expand opportunity across its workplace, marketplace and communities to build a more inclusive and sustainable economy.
 
The Firm’s Supplier Diversity Program is an important step to advancing that mission. Through the Program, Apollo is focused on growing direct and indirect spending with diverse businesses across its private equity portfolio.  Within its Private Equity business, Apollo has the unique opportunity to reach thousands of diverse-owned businesses through its funds’ portfolio companies, and we believe we have a responsibility to capitalize on that reach to drive impact.
 
Over the last year, the Firm has created a scalable framework to empower its portfolio companies to increase spend with diverse suppliers across industries. In particular, we are interested in learning more about  diverse businesses that offer goods and services in the following key areas: 

• Benefits
• Consulting, legal and other professional services
• Hardware and software
• Human resources, talent and relocation services
• Information technology services
• Logistics and transportation services
• Marketing services
• Office equipment and supplies
• Real estate and facilities
• Telecommunications​

Tier II Program Reporting Requirements
Apollo requires that suppliers who participate in the 2nd Tier Program submit performance reports detailing purchasing data covering spend with the following supplier classifications: 

• Women-owned business (WBE)
• Minority-owned business (MBE)
• Veteran-owned Business Enterprises (VET)
• Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Business Enterprise (SDVET)
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans-owned Business Enterprise (LGBT)
• Disability-owned Business Enterprise (DISABLED)
• Self-Certified Service-Disabled Business (SC-SDB)
• Historically underutilized zones (HUBZone)
• Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)
• AbilityOne Program (ABILITYONE)
• Alaska Native Corporations (ANC)
• Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
• Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business (EDWOSB)
• Small Business Association Business Development Program (SBA-8A)
• Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE)
• Small Business (SMALL)

Reporting Frequency
Reports must be submitted quarterly on the following dates:

• Quarter 1 (January 1 - March 31):
  • Period opens April 1st
  • Reports due by May 15th
• Quarter 2 (April 1 - June 30):
  • Period opens July 1st
  • Reports due by August 14th
• Quarter 3 (July 1 - September 30):
  • Period opens October 1st
  • Reports due by November 14th
• Quarter 4 (October 1 - December 31):
  • Period opens January 1st
  • Reports due by February 14th

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*Please access your UniTier account to learn of any changes made to your customer's reporting due dates​

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