Goldman Sachs shareholders voted today to reject two anti-DEI proposals, both by vote tallies of 98-2 percent. GS Board urged shareholders to vote to reject the proposals: “We believe that diversity, including diversity of thought, experience and perspectives, is important to our commercial success.”
Source: Impactivize
Date: 04/23/2025
Target foot traffic down for 11th straight week after caving on DEI. Costco, which defied calls to end DEI, notches 16th straight week of foot-traffic gains.
Source: Retail Brew
Date: 04/22/2025
40,000 Marriott employees thanked CEO Anthony Capuano for speaking up in support of diversity, equity and inclusion, by any other name, at a recent industry gathering. “The words might change, but that’s who we are as a company,” he said.
Source: Fortune
Date: 04/18/2025
The NAACP, the nation’s leading civil rights organization, announced its creation of the Black Consumer Advisory. The Advisory places emphasis on Black consumers’ nearly $2 trillion in spending power, promoting informed spending decisions by providing the Black community with insight into who’s promoting progress, and who’s living in the past.
Source: NAACP
Date: 02/15/2025
During a four-week period, Costco saw an increase of over 7 million shoppers compared to Target’s decrease of nearly 5 million.
Source: Black Enterprise Magazine
Date: 03/19/2025
As the debate and legal war over DEI wages on, companies are rethinking, rebranding, and rolling back their initiatives. “Robby Starbuck, Elon Musk, and President Trump, among others on the right, have made DEI the boogeyman and central talking point in their argument against what they view as ‘wokeism’ in the workplace.”
Source: HR Brew
Date: 04/02/2025
A group of 16 Democratic state attorneys general issued a multistate guidance letter encouraging the private sector to retain lawful DEI practices and identifying best practices for diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
Source: HR Policy Association
Date: 02/14/2025
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the U.S. Department of Labor from requiring government contractors and grant recipients to certify they do not operate any diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Source: Associated Press (AP)
Date: 04/15/2025
