A group of Adidas employees from around the globe is asking the company to investigate its chief human resources officer, as part of a broader effort to push the company to take additional actions to address racial inequality within its ranks.
A group of Adidas employees from around the globe is asking the company to investigate its chief human resources officer, as part of a broader effort to push the company to take additionalA letter sent to three Adidas executives on June 15 asks the company's supervisory board to examine whether Adidas HR chief Karen Parkin has appropriately responded to racial issues within the company, according to a copy obtained by CNN Business.
"Our employees have courageously raised their voices to people in positions of power; they have called out the fact that we are not representative of the communities we profit from and we lack the leadership, processes, and goals that will enable us to get there," the letter reads. "Adidas and Reebok have always been and will always be against discrimination in all forms and we stand united against racism," the company said in a statement to CNN. "Our Black employees have led the response that we will continue to implement together and that we have committed to as a company. We are now concentrating our efforts on making progress and creating real change immediately.
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