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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Why two years after George Floyd, it’s ‘the year of receipts’ for businesses that promised change

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Two years after the murder of George Floyd, and the many promises of transformational change in America that followed, we have now officially entered the “year of receipts.” A time when businesses and policymakers must reveal the work they’ve done to a country fed up with constant tragedy and sputtering reforms.

That’s according to Conroy Boxhill of communications consultancy Porter Novelli, who helped kick off the American Workforce and Justice Summit (AWJS) in Atlanta on Wednesday, a gathering of more than 150 business leaders, policy experts and campaign organisations focused on how businesses can meaningfully engage in criminal justice reform.

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