British firms promise to compensate for slavery links
By DW
20 June 2020 |
12:38 pm
Two British companies with historical links to the slave trade have pledged to invest in projects supporting black and other minority ethnic communities. Lloyds and Greene King were listed on a slavery legacy database.
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