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.
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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 Racial Bias Learning’, and the opening of Diageo’s fourth global ‘INC’ week; an employee-led, grassroots movement encouraging employees around the world to celebrate diversity.
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Police in Tonga are investigating the death of one of the country’s leading LGBTQI+ activists after his body was found on a beach near his home in Tongatapu, Tonga’s main island.
A 27-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Polikalepo Kefu, 41. Kefu, who was affectionately known as “Poli”, was the president of Tonga Leitis Association, an organisation dedicated to the country’s LGBTQ+ communities, providing support services, advocacy, and education on HIV-Aids.
“Police have charged a 27-year-old man from Fungamisi Vavaú, residing at Halaleva, with murder in relation to the death of 41-year-old Polikalepo Kefu of Lapaha on Saturday 1st of May 2021,” said Tongan police in a statement.
TAUNTON As the election season for Taunton City Council gets going, Taunton Diversity Network gave Taunton s youth a chance to have their concerns addressed by current city councilors.
During a question and answer session over Zoom Councilors Barry Sanders, Phil Duarte and David Pottier fielded questions ranging from explaining why the City Council recently raised the number of retail marijuana licenses it can give out, to their thoughts on the controversial proposed Aries Clean Technologies gasification plant.
The first two questions, posed by Taunton teen Charlotte Post, at the event Wednesday night were about vaping a public health issue that was prominent before the pandemic and what the city is doing to combat it, as well as why the City Council voted to raise the number of retail marijuana licenses.
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