Energy, materials and real estate firms are not reaping the “diversity dividend” which links multiracial management to better profitability, a new study of companies across eight industry sectors from shareholder activist group As You Sow shows. Read More →
Read MoreOlivia Knight, As You Sow’s racial-justice initiative manager, says the next year will be pivotal in seeing whether companies continue to shrink away from their DEI pledges—what some have dubbed “diversity ditching”—or whether the trend has peaked. “We’ll know more about who is staying true to their promises and who is throwing them out the window,” she says. Read More →
Read MoreA new analysis of data from nearly 300 companies has found more evidence of a positive link between diverse workforces and management and the financial performance of companies. A report published Thursday by As You Sow, a shareholder advocacy group that has long pushed companies to release information about their workplace demographics, includes findings based on 277 companies’ workforce data compared against more than a dozen financial metrics. Read More →
Read MoreAt least 94 firms on the S&P 100 have released or promised to share the figures about the demographics of their workforces that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission collects each year, which is a huge jump from the 23 that did so two years earlier, according to a report this month by nonprofit shareholder advocacy organization As You Sow. In the past two years, the largest companies have bulked up public disclosure of data about the gender, race and ethnicity of their workforces by 300% or more in several categories. Read More →
Read MoreShareholder advocacy non-profit As You Sow has published the results of its corporate engagements on racial justice and workplace equity over the last 12 months, noting that 88% of the shareholder resolutions it filed against US companies this AGM season led to “improved practices”.. Read More →
Read MoreOlivia Knight, racial justice initiative manager at As You Sow joined Charles to discuss that Fast Company has released its 10 most innovative not-for-profit organizations of 2022. As You Sow’s inclusion on Fast Company’s top 10 list for its Racial Justice Scorecard shows the importance of actionable data on corporate racial justice accountability, monitoring environmental justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and other metrics as all stakeholders seek an end to systemic racism.
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