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McDonald’s is setting new diversity goals with its largest suppliers. According to a report from Bloomberg, the world’s biggest restaurant chain by sales is making a pledge to diversify its supply chain by committing roughly 25 percent — or $3.5 billion — of the company’s annual domestic supply-chain spending to minority and women-owned suppliers by the year 2025. “Throughout my career, I have historically seen supplier diversity viewed as a social program grounded in doing ‘the right thing,'” Reggie Miller — Chief Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity Officer at McDonald’s — said in a statement. “Today, however, consumers have greater access to information about the brands they purchase from. They want to support brands they can trust.” “When we refreshed our global DEI strategy last year, we knew supplier diversity needed to be a central principle,” he continued. “We knew this was key to ensuring we generate innovative products and services, increase competition, and build economic...