June 28, 2021
Vogue Business: Inside Kering’s racial diversity rethink
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2021-06-28 05:52:00, Condé Nast, Vogue Business
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/People & Society/Social Issues & Advocacy
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1738
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21
Reading Time:
11.59 min
Reading Quality:
Adept
Readability:
13th to 15th
Racial diversity seems secondary, at best," observes Dr. Cassi Pittman Claytor, assistant professor of sociology at Case Western Reserve University, who researches how racial minorities are disadvantaged.
Kering also claims to be the only luxury group appearing in the first ranking of the 100 best-performing corporations in the European diversity and gender index created by the European Women on Boards (EWoB) and Ethics & Boards organisations.
The introduction of greater racial diversity remains a challenge at almost every level of the luxury fashion industry, from the production of goods to marketing and corporate leadership.
An American executive of Indian heritage with a background in management consulting and recruitment, chief diversity, inclusion and talent officer Bagamane is based in Paris and reports to Béatrice Lazat, Kering's chief people officer.
She's ultimately responsible for diversity, inclusivity and talent across the 38,000 people in the global workforce of luxury group Kering.
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kering, diversity, inclusion, anti-racism, latest
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