HUD Rejects Helene Relief Grant for Asheville Due to DEI Program Mention March 12, 2025 President Trump’s U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has rejected a $225 million relief plan for the city of...
Retailers Publicly Scrap Some ‘DEI’ Initiatives While Quietly Supporting Others March 7, 2025 By Arriana McLymore and Nicholas P. Brown Several U.S. retailers that publicly scrapped diversity, equity and inclusion programs – including Target, Amazon and Tractor Supply – are...
Proxy Adviser Glass Lewis Sticks With Diversity Guidance, Will Flag Risks March 6, 2025 By Ross Kerber Proxy adviser Glass Lewis will continue to consider boardroom diversity when advising how to vote at U.S. company annual meetings,...
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...
Bank of America Scraps Diversity Goals in Latest Wall Street DEI Retreat February 26, 2025 By Katherine Doherty Bank of America Corp. is rolling back workplace representation targets and replacing references to diversity, joining peers in citing legal...
Apple to Keep DEI Efforts, Though Some Adjustments Possible February 25, 2025 By Mark Gurman Apple Inc. investors rejected an outside shareholder proposal to end the iPhone maker’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, though Chief...
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...
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo Planning to Comply With Trump’s DEI Policy February 14, 2025 By Deena Shanker Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc., both government contractors, are preparing to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning diversity,...
Which Companies Are Pulling Back on Diversity Initiatives? February 14, 2025 A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much...
Mississippi Senate’s University DEI Ban Goes to Negotiations With House February 13, 2025 By Michael Goldberg The Mississippi Senate passed a bill Thursday that would eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs from the state’s universities, a...