New York CNN —Just ahead of World Refugee Day, 41 multinational companies on Monday publicly pledged to provide jobs, training and connections to work opportunities for more than 250,000 refugees in Europe.
What different companies are doingAmong the companies that are making new pledges this week, many have already been hiring or training refugees in Europe over the past year.
ISS, for instance, has already hired 500 refugees in Europe — a majority of them Ukrainian women — since March of last year.
Others making hiring commitments include Adidas, Blackstone, BP, Hyatt, Ipsos, L’Oréal Group, Novartis, PepsiCo, Pfizer and The Kraft Heinz Company.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates the number of refugees worldwide is now approaching 35 million people, with more than 12 million of them in Europe.
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