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Ivan Menezes, CEO, Diageo Since becoming the CEO of Diageo (DGE.L) in 2013, Ivan has been passionate about driving inclusion and diversity at the company.  Story continues In 2020 he launched a new 10-year sustainability action plan titled ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’.  The plan laid out goals including increasing the representation of ethnic minorities in leadership positions to 45% by 2030, as well as increasing the percentage of Diageo suppliers from female and minority-owned businesses year-on-year.  2020 also saw the roll-out of a new learning intervention ‘Confronting Rac...

Activists criticize proposed changes to Seattle Police's use of force, crowd control policies Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Seattle Police stand guard outside a precinct as people protest the death of George Floyd, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington on June 1, 2020. - Major US cities -- convulsed by protests, clashes with police and looting since the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd a week ago -- braced Monday for another night of unrest. More than 40 cities have imposed curfews after consecutive nights of tension that included looting and the trash...

Activists say Seattle police crowd control revisions fall short Joel Moreno © Provided by KOMO-TV Seattle SEATTLE - Community members are rejecting a series of changes Seattle police want to adopt in how they respond to protests and riots. Activists said the revisions will still allow officers to use excessive force during demonstrations and that the threshold for declaring a riot still remains too low. Another concern is that the police department wants to keep using most of its crowd control weapons, including blast balls and pepperball launchers, even though demonstrators...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Deloitte Names Kavitha Prabhakar Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer January 25, 2021 GMT As used in this document, "Deloitte" means Deloitte LLP. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Certain services may not be available to attest clients under the rules and regulations of public accounting. (PRNewsFoto/Deloitte) As used in this document, "Deloitte" means Deloitte LLP. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/abou...

Coronavirus In Seattle A historic, unforgettable year: 2020 in pictures By T he first Covid-19 outbreak in the United States stopped Seattle in its tracks. Toilet paper, hand sanitizer and masks vanished from store shelves. Streets eerily empty. Spouses separated by panes of glass. Businesses boarded up — a canvas for the city’s muralists to offer some degree of hope. It was a surreal new reality with no end in sight. And then came May. Following the murder of George Floyd at the end of the month, thousands poured into Seattle’s streets to continue a fight that’s hundred...