The movement fell flat in 2025’s proxy season with most proposals receiving less than 2 percent investor backing
Shareholders sent companies a clear message this proxy season: anti-DE&I proposals do not have their backing. At 30 of the largest US companies, together worth over $13 trn, every anti-DE&I proposal was rejected, with most receiving less than 2 percent support from investors, according to nonprofit Impactivize.
These proposals, which aimed to roll back corporate DE&I efforts, made up about 40 percent of all DE&I-related proposals  . . .
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