With the Economic Forum Diversity 2020, the Charter of Diversity Association,and its committed members are launching a movement.
Shaping the future together and discussing pressing issues of our time: Together with the IB, the only independent organisation for youth, social and educational work, the German business community is positioning itself for the first time in the Charter of Diversity to stand up for diversity and an open business location Germany, in order to counter populist and critical positions on diversity and send a clear message on the necessity of diversity in business and society.
With Thiemo Fojkar and Stefan Guffart, two members of the IB Executive Board, are participants in the first Business Forum on Diversity on 5 May in Berlin. Guest speakers include the President of the European Commission, Dr. Ursula von der Leyen, the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration, Minister of State Annette Widmann-Mauz, and the President of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations, Ingo Kramer.
