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Shareholders of 30 major corporations, collectively valued at more than $13 trillion, have voted overwhelmingly to reject anti-DEI proposals during 2025 proxy season, delivering a resounding defeat to ...

Trump’s crackdown on corporate DEI initiatives after his inauguration drove major changes but the rate has now slowed ...

Shareholders are showing signs of DEI fatigue as activists push for more votes Alexis Keenan · Senior Legal Reporter Updated Sat, Mar 8, 2025, 9:01 AM 4 min read ...

Despite growing backlash against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the corporate world, shareholder support for these efforts remains strong.

But shareholder votes are a rare area where DEI opponents are losing. It’s no surprise. Large institutional investors, such as BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street, are the top shareholders of ...

Mastercard has joined a growing number of companies whose stakeholders are rejecting anti-DEI proposals in the US, despite ...

Majority of anti-DEI shareholder votes came in between 98% and 99%, proving their stance on the initiatives that are under attack.

Andrew Behar is CEO of As You Sow, a nonprofit promoting environmental and social corporate responsibility. DEI is ...

Mastercard shareholders this week resoundingly voted down a pro-DEI proposal and an anti-DEI proposal, but the former mustered 30 times the support of the latter. The Purchase, New York-based credit ...

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives will continue at Apple following a failed shareholder vote to nix the respective programs. On Tuesday, shareholders resoundingly rejected an ...

As of April, 13 anti-DEI proposals were filed at U.S. public companies, according to The Conference Board, where they now make up 40% of all DEI proposals filed so far in 2025, up from 23% of ...