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A coalition of CEOs from major New Jersey-based corporations are pledging to hire or train more than 30,000 state residents from underrepresented communities and communities of color by the end of the decade. They also plan to spend $250 million by 2025 on procurement with state-based diverse companies.
Known as the New Jersey CEO Council and emanating from Gov. Phil Murphy’s Restart and Recovery Commission, which was formed in April to advise and help the administration with the safe reopening of the state’s economy, executives on the council are from: BD, Campbell Soup Company, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Prudential Financial, PSEG, RWJBarnabas Health, Verizon, and Zoetis.
These CEOs are also challenging other businesses in the state to produce an additional 40,000 jobs and $250 million in total purchasing for a total impact of 70,000 hires/trainees and $500 million in local spending.
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