Most Popular Diversity Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Diversity Topic Page over the last year.

#1 Which Companies Are Pulling Back on Diversity Initiatives?

Feb 14 2025 // A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the Minneapolis police...

#2 Berkshire Hathaway Removes Diversity and Inclusion From Annual Report

Feb 24 2025 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday joined a growing list of American companies to publicly change their approach to discussing their commitment to diversity and inclusion.Berkshire’s annual report...

#3 Berkshire Shareholders Reject Diversity, AI Proposals

May 7 2025 // Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on May 3 rejected a resolution requiring the company to report on risks from its subsidiaries’ race-based initiatives, one of seven proposals tied to diversity, artificial intelligence...

#4 Bank of America Scraps Diversity Goals in Latest Wall Street DEI Retreat

Feb 26 2025 // Bank of America Corp. is rolling back workplace representation targets and replacing references to diversity, joining peers in citing legal changes under the Trump administration.The bank will no longer have...

#5 McDonald’s Keeps ‘Core’ Inclusion Programs Despite DEI Backlash

Jun 9 2025 // McDonald’s Corp. said it’s sticking to its most important inclusion initiatives, even as the Trump administration and conservative activists attack diversity, equity and inclusion practices.McDonald’s...

#6 New Push to Reframe DEI in London Shifts Away From Diversity

Jun 10 2025 // A new study aims to reframe the global debate surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion in the City of London by focusing less on demographics and more on hiring people with diverse experiences.The report, published on...

#7 UK Financial Watchdogs Drop Diversity and ‘Name and Shame’ Reforms

Mar 12 2025 // Britain’s top financial regulators have scrapped proposed new rules to boost diversity and inclusion in the industry, and mothballed a fresh crackdown on non-financial misconduct, citing fears of imposing unnecessary...

#8 People Moves: California Reappoints Members to Diversity Task Force and WCIRB Governing Committee

Mar 17 2025 // Ricardo Lara California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara reappointed members Mitch Steiger and C. Bryan Little to the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Governing Committee and reappointed...

#9 Wells Fargo Sued by Ex-Manager Who Said Bank Faked Diversity

Dec 22 2025 // Wells Fargo & Co. was sued by a former manager who says he was fired for pushing the bank to create a more diverse workforce and objecting to its practice of interviewing minority applicants for jobs that were already...

#10 People Moves: California Commissioner Names Insurance Diversity Task Force Leaders

Jun 18 2025 // Ricardo Lara California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara named new leadership of the Insurance Diversity Task Force. The 15-member task force elected its newest chair to be Vikita Poindexter, CEO of Poindexter...

#11 Proxy Adviser Glass Lewis Sticks With Diversity Guidance, Will Flag Risks

Mar 6 2025 // Proxy adviser Glass Lewis will continue to consider boardroom diversity when advising how to vote at U.S. company annual meetings, but plans to be clearer about the counter argument for critical vote recommendations to...

#12 British Drugmaker GSK Abandons Diversity Targets Following Trump Pressure

Feb 28 2025 // British drugmaker GSK will no longer set diversity targets, it said on Thursday, as it became the latest company to scale back or abandon such goals in response to the U.S. president’s opposition to them.President...