Holding Up a Looking Glass to Diversity in Fashion
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BURBERRY GROUP PLC
THE NUMBERS
Employees: 10,000 worldwide, according to LinkedIn
Nationalities represented: 120
Executive board: 11 members; 1 Black member, Debra Lee
IN THE MIRROR: Burberry chief executive officer Marco Gobbetti didn’t mince words: “We don’t have all the answers,” he said. “But we know that the step change we need to make is increasing representation at all levels of our company.”
While neither Gobbetti nor Burberry’s survey response articulated current numbers or defined targets, their absence read as reflective of a work in progress rather than evasion. “We have prioritized getting a complete picture of our employee population so we can make informed, meaningful commitments,” the survey response said, adding that Burberry will provide details on overall strategy in the coming months, “including a holistic and global D&I [diversity and inclusion] policy that will cement both resources and accountability
