Diversity and Inclusion: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t

Leaders from Reckitt, GLAAD and Sony Music Group weigh in on sustaining progress

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A lot has changed in the past year, but as this week’s Sustainability and DEI Summit discussions showed, there is still more that needs to be done.

In a session with top leaders representing different communities in the industry, Josh Loebner, director of strategy for Designsensory, kicked off the conversation by reflecting on where we stand a year after the murder of George Floyd. He asked the panelists one critical question: What progress have we made, if any?

The overall sentiment: There is a “bigger army” today to combat systemic racism, and there is hope and optimism for a brighter future, but we must all do our part personally and professionally to truly see long-term change in our lifetime.

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