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Sard Verbinnen & Co. handled the creation of a $100M fund by Warner Music Group and the Blavatnik Family Foundation to promote music business-related charities that work for social justice and campaigns against violence and racism.
Warner Music Group, which was owned by American-British industrialist Len Blavatnik's Access Industries, completed a $12.8B initial public offering this week.
Delayed a day to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement following the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman, the IPO ranks as the biggest of the year.
WMG and the BFF will form an advisory panel to determine recipients of funding dedicated to strengthening education and promoting equality, opportunity, diversity and inclusion.
It's easy to spot whether a company's commitment to DEI is genuine or merely performative. Just as companies face backlash for neglecting DEI, they're now under scrutiny for their lack of proper understanding and action.
Executing DEI is not just a nice to do for agencies today, but a critical need for their business success, according to Ben Finzel, president of RENEWPR and founding partner at the Change Agencies. 
Public corporate boards in the 21st Century need major change if they want to mitigate big risks in 2024.
Latondra Newton has quit her chief diversity officer job at Walt Disney Co. to pursue other endeavors.
Simply changing your corporate logo to a rainbow and remaining silent on the continued attacks on the LGBTQ community won’t cut it this year. Companies and organizations are going to have to take a side in this conversation.
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