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Soave Enterprises Promotes Diversity in Detroit

Soave Enterprises is a diversified management and investment company founded by Detroit businessman Anthony Soave that provides strategic planning, financial and other management resources to its affiliated business ventures. Anthony Soave acquired Ferrous Processing and Trading in 1997 and through it, Soave Enterprises offers a full range of metal recycling services. For more information on Tony Soave and Soave Enterprises, please visit www.soave.com.

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Soave Enterprises Promotes Diversity in Detroit

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  1. Soave Enterprises Promoting Diversity in Detroit 3400 E. Lafayette Detroit, MI 48207 (313) 567-7000 www.soave.com

  2. About Suave Enterprises • Diversified Management and Investment Company • Provides Strategic Planning, Financial and Other Management Resources • Collaborates in Real-Estate, Beverage Distribution, Automotive Dealerships, Metal Recycling and Diversified Holdings Anthony Soave has partnered with Brogan & Partners to develop a new company brochure that is catching attention everywhere. With style-setting graphic design and a distinctive brushed metal look, the new Soave Enterprises corporate brochure produced by Michigan-based Brogan & Partners recently captured multiple printing industry awards. In an annual competition sponsored by the IAPHC (International Association of Printing House Craftsmen), the brochure won first place in the local contest, then received a silver award at the international level for print quality.

  3. Context • Soave Enterprises, like most companies large and small, has had to think more about diversity in the past twenty years. • Businesses take diversity into account in making hiring decisions and in marketing to an increasingly-diverse American population "The great results are appreciated by Soave team members as well," said Kathleen McCann, Soave Enterprises Senior Vice President. "We have received a great deal of positive feedback on the look and content of the brochure, most of it unsolicited. Brogan's attention to detail throughout the project nicely mirrored the behavior we see from so many of our employees on a daily basis."

  4. Supplier Diversity • In choosing a particular supplier the following factors are typically considered: • Price • Quality • Reliability • Accountability • For Tony Soave, ethical considerations matter more due to the social, human rights, and environmental dimensions involved Founded by businessman Anthony Soave, Soave Enterprises recently ranked 251 on Forbes' list of the largest privately held companies in the U.S.. As the owner of such a diverse range of businesses, Tony Soave is committed to instilling a sense of pride and dedication into every aspect of Soave Enterprises. Anthony Soave understands that high quality work, service, and products begin with expert attention to detail, workmanship from himself and his employees.

  5. Soave Diversity Initiatives • Goal 1: to increase the number of women, ethnic minorities and people from a working-class background who enjoy positions of power and influence • Goal 2: allow these individuals to safeguard the interests of the groups they represent, • Goal 3: increase the number of perspectives available, creating a stimulating intellectual environment in which new ideas proliferate. Soave Enterprises, managed by businessman Anthony Soave, has developed Master-planned communities with an enticing offer for residents to live near their jobs and in close proximity to theaters, restaurants, parks, and other in-town conveniences. More than ever, homebuyers are turning towards these types of developments for the possibility of living, working and playing all in one area.

  6. Actions • Encouraging purchasing all or part of their supplies from small or women- or minority-owned businesses. • Example: the Billion Dollar Roundtable - a business term for the small but growing number of companies that spend a billion dollars or more per year purchasing supplies from women- and minority-owned businesses.

  7. Billion Dollar Roundtable • Soave Enterprise’ working in affiliation with MPS Group • MPS Group: • maintains a thirty-nine percent minority workforce • partners with local schools to create an internship program providing opportunities to minority students • creates opportunities where none may have existed before

  8. Soave Enterprises Today, Soave Enterprises is providing growth capital and other resources to its portfolio of companies, which collectively generate annual sales in excess of $1.5 billion. Currently Tony Soave is focusing on expansion within industries to bring a new vitality to acquired businesses. Soave Enterprises continues to lay the foundation for new ventures that are compatible with their management strengths and solid financial resources. 3400 E. Lafayette Detroit, MI 48207 (313) 567-7000 www.soave.comSoave

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