Despite Backlash From Trump, DEI Hasn’t Disappeared at US Companies May 19, 2025 By Simone Foxman Walmart Inc. stunned civil-rights activists in November by saying it was pulling back on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The...
Berkshire Shareholders Reject Diversity, AI Proposals May 7, 2025 By Jonathan Stempel Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on May 3 rejected a resolution requiring the company to report on risks from its subsidiaries’ race-based...
Top Japanese Firms Scrap Employment System That Held Women Back April 23, 2025 By Nao Sano Japan’s biggest financial firms are abolishing decades-old employment practices that kept women off the corporate ladder. Nippon Life Insurance Co.,...
EEOC Chief Shifts Focus to Investigating DEI but Methods Provoke an Outcry April 10, 2025 By Alexandra Olson and Claire Savage The acting chief of the top federal agency for protecting worker rights has signaled a pivot toward prioritizing President Donald...
Women in UK Financial Services Still Earn a Fifth Less Than Men April 7, 2025 By Irina Anghel The average woman working in the UK financial sector earns about a fifth less than their male colleagues, a reflection...
UK Financial Services Industry Slow to Hire Women to Top Roles, Report Finds April 4, 2025 By Nell Mackenzie Britain’s financial industry has made little progress in recruiting more women to top positions, a new report from the UK...
Trump Has Companies in Europe and Asia Walking a DEI Tightrope March 18, 2025 By Siraj Datoo Donald Trump’s executive order dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion efforts is making waves at international companies in Europe, Asia and...
UK Financial Watchdogs Drop Diversity and ‘Name and Shame’ Reforms March 12, 2025 By Sinead Cruise Britain’s top financial regulators have scrapped proposed new rules to boost diversity and inclusion in the industry, and mothballed a...
British Drugmaker GSK Abandons Diversity Targets Following Trump Pressure February 28, 2025 By Maggie Fick British drugmaker GSK will no longer set diversity targets, it said on Thursday, as it became the latest company to...
Berkshire Hathaway Removes Diversity and Inclusion From Annual Report February 24, 2025 By Jonathan Stempel Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday joined a growing list of American companies to publicly change their approach to discussing...