Latest Diversity Headlines

All the headlines from our Diversity Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Britain Proposes Diversity and Misconduct Rules for Financial Services Firms

Sep 25 2023 // Britain’s financial regulators proposed guidance on Monday for financial firms to tackle sexual harassment and bullying, along with new requirements for large banks and insurers to set targets to improve diversity...

Executives Go Quiet on Diversity After Affirmative Action Ruling

Sep 11 2023 // US executives drastically cut back on public discussions of workplace diversity last quarter, in the first earnings season since the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action sent a chill through corporate...

InclusionScore CEO: Recent Events Highlight Need to Rein in Costly D&I Risk

Sep 4 2023 // At the end of June, James Felton Keith read the news of the U.S. Supreme Court’s majority rulings regarding affirmative action in higher education, and the application of free speech in anti-discrimination law.At...

Critics of Workplace Diversity Efforts Eye Civil War-Era Law

Sep 1 2023 // Several suits filed on behalf of White workers following the US Supreme Court’s decision outlawing affirmative action in higher education are banking on a Civil War-era statute guaranteeing equal rights to Black...

Conservative Attacks on Diversity Efforts in Corporate America Keep Coming

Aug 24 2023 // Before the US Supreme Court did away with affirmative action in college admissions, corporate America was bracing itself for attacks on its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. They have begun — and there will likely...

Lawsuit Says Gannett Discriminates Against White Workers to Meet Diversity Goals

Aug 23 2023 // Gannett Co Inc., the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, is facing a lawsuit claiming its efforts to diversify newsrooms led to discrimination against white workers.The proposed class action was filed in Virginia federal...

Ex-Trump Administration Officials Target Corporate Diversity Efforts

Aug 18 2023 // Activision Blizzard Inc and Kellogg Co have joined a growing list of major U.S. companies to face claims from a group founded by former Trump administration officials that efforts to diversify their workforces amount to...

InclusionScore CEO: Recent Events Highlight Need to Rein in Costly D&I Risk

Aug 16 2023 // At the end of June, James Felton Keith read the news of the U.S. Supreme Court’s majority rulings regarding affirmative action in higher education, and the application of free speech in anti-discrimination law.At...

Conservative Starbucks Investor Loses Diversity Challenge

Aug 14 2023 // A U.S. judge on Friday dismissed as frivolous a conservative activist investor’s lawsuit against Starbucks’ board for the coffee chain‘s diversity, equity and inclusion policies.The National Center for...

Kellogg’s ‘Woke’ Workplace Diversity Programs Are Illegal, Group Claims

Aug 10 2023 // A conservative legal group on Wednesday urged a U.S. anti-discrimination agency to investigate Kellogg over workplace diversity policies that it says are unlawful, and accused the cereal maker of sexualizing its...

Companies Caught in Diversity Crossfire Are Frozen by Uncertainty

Aug 1 2023 // The US Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action has sparked a fierce debate over the future of diversity in corporate America, with dueling sides claiming either that workplace programs are unaffected by the...

IICF Looks to the Future of Talent and Leadership at Biennial Inclusion in Insurance Global Conference

Jun 26 2023 // IICF presents 2023 Inclusion Champion Award and raises funds for communities across the US and UKLOS ANGELES – June 20, 2023 – The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a unique nonprofit organization...

EEOC Targets Construction Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Jun 19 2023 // The construction industry is critical to our nation’s economy. It is also one of the country’s largest industries, employing nearly 11.8 million people in 2022. But for more than a decade, construction has...

Kathy Quintana of HUB International Honored with 2023 IICF Inclusion Champion Award

Jun 7 2023 // Award to be presented June 14 at IICF Inclusion in Insurance Global Conference in New YorkLos Angeles, May 30, 2023 – The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a unique nonprofit organization dedicated to...

IICF to Host 2023 Global Inclusion in Insurance Conference in NYC, June 13 – 15

May 22 2023 // Industry leaders, DEI and Sustainability experts will converge in NYC to discuss the future of work and more as the event continues to evolve from its early days as the IICF Women in Insurance Conference.LOS ANGELES –...

UK’s Largest Companies Fail to Comply With FCA’s New Gender-Diversity Quotas

Mar 10 2023 // Seven of the UK’s 10 largest listed companies have failed to comply with the FCA’s new gender-diversity quotas, a reminder of the scale of the challenge facing businesses as they look to improve diversity in...

Big Tech Layoffs May Further Disrupt Equity and Diversity Efforts

Jan 6 2023 // 2023 is shaping up as a challenging year to be a woman or minority working in the tech sector, or even a person with one too many years under their belt.Surging firings by technology companies last year are...

People Moves: Beal Leads Nationwide National Partners; Acrisure New Leadership Team; WSIA New Diversity Board Members

Dec 14 2022 // Beal Named Leader of Nationwide National Partners teamNationwide has named Tony Beal as the new leader of the Nationwide National Partners team, responsible for managing key P&C distribution partner relationships....

Congress Examines Insurer Diversity; Results ‘Disappointing,’ Lawmakers Say

Sep 22 2022 // The insurance industry still has a lot of work to do when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion. In fact, despite a strong DEI push across the industry, there was little change in racial, ethnic and gender...

Starbucks Executives, Directors Are Sued Over Diversity Policies

Sep 1 2022 // Starbucks Corp. executives and directors have been sued by a conservative think tank that believes the coffee chain’s efforts to promote diversity amount to racial discrimination.In a complaint filed on Tuesday, the...