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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...

Sign up for the 2021 Big Hair Assembly FRO BACK: The Big Hair Assembly needs you The Big Hair Assembly global sign up launched this week and organisers are busy prepapring for the main event set to take place on September 15, 2021. Hair plays such a big part in our identity, from its vibrant colours to unique textures and everything in between YolanDa Brown This years event will mark the fifth anniversary of World Afro Day. The assembly will be hosted in the UK by the broadcaster and award-winning saxophonist, YolanDa Brown and in the USA by News 8 Daybreak Anchor, Tashara Parker; whose per...

She said it was “amazing” to see so much support for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement but added: “It’s also really sad to see how many people don’t support something as simple as that statement. “I’d like to see people being more open to other people’s experiences and then making changes from there. “I think that’s the main block to any change, when people aren’t open to the fact that there is an issue. “They want to say there’s no racism in the UK, that there is no discrimination and shut it down, instead of being like: ‘Okay, let me listen to your experience...