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-DEI proposals do not have their backing. At 30 of the largest US companies, together worth over $13 trn, every anti-DEI 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 DEI efforts, made up about 40 percent of all DEI-related proposals this year, a sharp increase from 23 percent in 2024.
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