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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...

"I had nothing but positive things to say during that time, but that was before the promises were broken." She says a Howard West program leader promised to match an offer from Apple, which would pay for her senior year, but she found herself instead with unpaid bills and a sour experience. While she said she enjoyed the program in general, she and other participants often felt that Google's ambitions for the program took precedent over the needs of participants. The program is one of many initiatives the tech industry has undertaken to improve diversity in its workforce. Today, only 3.7% of ...

"I could write FOR DAYS about alllllll the awfully racist recruitment and hiring practices I saw at Google"