London mayor Sadiq Khan opens Salesforce’s Ohana floor
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan today opened the Ohana floor of the Salesforce Tower in the City of London, at the same time as the supplier announced $1.25m in funding for education charity Ark and a Pathfinder training programme that it runs with Deloitte. London’s business community should be seen as an ally, not an adversary, when meeting big challenges like the climate emergency and forging a fairer society. Yet trust in big business institutions is extremely low and that is why it is so good to see a global technology business like Salesforce recognising its place and responsibility to the wider community.” Khan followed, as a speaker, Marika Rydel, a 15-year-old pupil at School21, a state school in east London with which Salesforce has worked. Jayne-Anne Gadhia, UK and Ireland chief executive at Salesforce (pictured above with Khan), said in a statement: “Today is a landmark moment for Salesforce in the UK, as we make significant investments to skill and train the workforce for the future, while also opening our first international Ohana floor – an inspiring space for the whole community. We believe businesses have a responsibility to benefit everyone in society, so we must step up to meet that challenge.” The Ohana floor is available to non-profits and local education groups in the evenings at weekends at no cost.