Canopy Growth Signs Pact to Add More Black Executives to Firm

Canopy Growth Corp. has signed the BlackNorth Initiative CEO pledge, committing to fill at least 3.5% of top executive and board roles with Black leaders by 2025.

• “Canopy Growth recognizes our responsibility to do more to increase the representation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color employees at every level in our organization, with an emphasis at the top,” the company told Bloomberg in a statement.
• The Ontario-based cannabis firm joins Scotiabank, CIBC and Rogers Communications in the pledge to boost diversity within its ranks. All will attend the virtual summit organized by the Canadian Council of Business Leaders Against ...