Employment lawyers say the law does not require an overhaul, and many companies have focused on a handful of changes.
Source: Bloomberg News
Date: 05/19/2025
“In a time when our public lands and values like diversity, equity and inclusion are under threat, I want you to hear from me that REI believes these are essential to our business.”
Source: Retail Brew
Date: 05/19/2025
“…our goal is to make sure that every employee that walks through the door of AT&T feels like they belong here and it’s a good place for them to work.”
Source: Yahoo Finance
Date: 05/22/2025
Corporate America may be retreating from diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) — but Wall Street hasn’t joined the exodus.
Source: Daily Mail
Date: 05/10/2025
At e.l.f. Beauty, DEI is core to its mission and helps recruit the best talent.
Source: HR Brew
Date: 05/13/2025
Companies that succumbed to political and public pressure to roll back DEI programs are now figuring out how to move forward with programs to ensure a diverse and effective workforce.
Source: WTOPNews
Date: 05/14/2025
New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a coalition of 18 other attorneys general in fighting back against the Trump administration’s executive orders to dismantle diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) policies and programs.
Source: New York State Attorney General
Date: 05/15/2025
In the Trump era, corporations are evolving their language and approach to DEI.
Source: USA Today
Date: 05/18/2025
There are a wide range of responses within the Motion Picture industry to the pushback on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Source: Deadline
Date: 05/18/2025
Shareholders from America’s largest corporations continue to vote overwhelmingly to reject anti-DEI proposals, uphold diversity and inclusion initiatives
Source: Fortune
Date: 05/10/2025
An official in Sweden has condemned a U.S. demand that his city apply the Trump administration’s rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies for contractors dealing with the American embassy.
Source: Newsweek
Date: 05/07/2025
The corporations standing up against Trump to honor, expand DEI: Companies like Costco Wholesale and Levi Strauss & Co. are rejecting the White House’s position on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Source: USA Today
Date: 05/05/2025
Across the board, shareholders are supporting DEI.
Source: CNN
Date: 05/02/2025
Goldman Sachs, Pfizer, Coca-Cola and other big names have successfully blocked shareholder resolutions limiting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. But that doesn’t mean they are DEI champions.
Source: Forbes
Date: 05/08/2025
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
