Not all companies are ditching DEI

Time - As the Trump Administration sets out to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs across the federal government and private sector, a number of major companies have joined in the effort. Some others, however, have decidedly not.

While companies like Google, Amazon, Meta, and some Wall Street banks have reversed course on DEI-related policies and pledges—many of which were made in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter Movement in 2020—others, like Pinterest, have expressed caution over how the Trump-led backlash against DEI could impact their business.

Still, others see an abrupt shift away from DEI to be short-sighted.  On Tuesday, Apple shareholders rejected a proposal to abolish its DEI initiatives, after the company’s board of directors made the case that ditching its DEI programs would “restrict Apple’s ability to manage its own ordinary business operations, people and teams, and business strategies.” And earlier Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi told the Financial Times, “We think that building an employment group that is diverse, that is global, that thinks about all aspects of the business, that’s positive—that’s just good business,” although the company is adjusting its DEI-based executive pay incentives.

Here are some of the major companies that are resisting attacks on their DEI initiatives.