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Companies Delay Impact Reports With DEI, ESG Under Attack

2 weeks ago | insurancejournal.com | Jeff Green |Simone Foxman |Kim Bhasin

It was just over a year ago when Nike Inc.’s then-CEO, John Donahoe, trumpeted a flashy 90-second video, hyping a report about the company’s efforts to improve diversity and equality. The report, he said in a LinkedIn post, is “a testament to our belief in the transformative power of sport.” Nike had released some version of it since at least 2001, often with similar fanfare. But this year, the company won’t publish that report.
Toyota wants salaried staff in office four days a week starting Sept 2

Jan 13, 2025 | business-standard.com | Jeff Green |Matthew Boyle

Toyota Motor Corp.'s salaried workers in North America are being ordered back to the office Monday through Thursday starting in September, making it the latest company to require more employees to show up regularly at their desks. The requirement will apply to employees at all job levels at Toyota Motor North America and Toyota Financial Services, except for a few specific excluded roles, Toyota said in an internal memo seen by Bloomberg and confirmed Monday by a company representative.
Toyota wants salaried staff in the office most days

Jan 13, 2025 | detroitnews.com | Jeff Green |Matthew Boyle

Toyota Motor Corp.’s North American salaried workers are being ordered back to the office Monday through Thursday starting in September, becoming the latest company to require more employees to show up regularly at their desks. The requirement will apply to employees at all job levels at its Toyota Motor North America and Toyota Financial Services units, except for a few specific excluded roles, the company said in an internal memo seen by Bloomberg and confirmed Monday by the company.
Meta rolls back diversity and inclusion efforts in bid to appease Trump

Jan 10, 2025 | financialpost.com | Kurt Wagner |Jeff Green

Meta on Tuesday also updated its policies around what kind of content could be removed on its sitesMeta Platforms Inc. is disbanding many of its diversity and inclusion efforts, telling employees they will no longer be required to interview candidates from under-represented backgrounds for open roles, or look to do business with diverse suppliers.
Walmart reversing course on DEI initiatives

Nov 27, 2024 | benefitnews.com | Jeff Green |Jaewon Kang

Walmart is reversing course on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, joining a growing list of businesses retreating on DEI programs targeted by conservative activists. The world's biggest retailer will no longer consider race and gender to boost diversity when granting supplier contracts, and stop collecting demographic data when assessing financing eligibility.
Microsoft struggles to retain women, minority workers

Oct 23, 2024 | financialpost.com | Dina Bass |Jeff Green

Women accounted for 32.7% of global departures for the fiscal year that ended June 30Globally, women accounted for 32.7 per cent of departures for the fiscal year that ended June 30, up from 31 per cent in 2023, according to Microsoft’s diversity and inclusion report, which was released Wednesday and measures voluntary and involuntary departures.
Microsoft is struggling to retain women and minority employees

Oct 23, 2024 | benefitnews.com | Dina Bass |Jeff Green

Microsoft's female, Black and Latinx employees are leaving at an increasing rate, undermining the company's efforts to build a more diverse workforce. Globally, women accounted for 32.7% of departures for the fiscal year that ended June 30, up from 31% in 2023, according to Microsoft's diversity and inclusion report, which was released Wednesday and measures voluntary and involuntary departures.
Microsoft struggles to retain women, minority workers

Oct 23, 2024 | leaderpost.com | Dina Bass |Jeff Green

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It's rare for CEOs to be fired for their workplace relationships

Sep 13, 2024 | benefitnews.com | Jeff Green

It might seem like CEOs are always getting in trouble for dating subordinates. But it's actually pretty rare for a company to explicitly fire them for it. Thursday's ouster of Alan Shaw as Chief Executive Officer of Norfolk Southern is just the seventh time since 2017 that a large U.S. company has said it pushed out its top boss for an office affair, according to data from exechange.com, which tracks CEO departures for businesses in the Russell 3000.
Harley Davidson, John Deere, and Tractor Supply have abandoned some DEI efforts after campaigns from a conservative influencer

Aug 19, 2024 | fortune.com | Jeff Green

The Milwaukee-based company on Monday said that it no longer has minority-owned supplier spending goals, will drop socially-motivated training for employees and make other changes to back away from diversity programs. The motorcycle maker also hasn’t operated a corporate DEI function since April, it said in a statement posted to social media platform X. Harley joins Tractor Supply Co., Deere & Co., and competitor Polaris Inc.