{"id":17247,"date":"2025-01-13T09:37:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T08:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/13\/apple-asks-investors-to-block-proposal-to-scrap-diversity-programmes\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T09:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T08:37:21","slug":"apple-asks-investors-to-block-proposal-to-scrap-diversity-programmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/13\/apple-asks-investors-to-block-proposal-to-scrap-diversity-programmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple asks investors to block proposal to scrap diversity programmes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative thinktank wants firm to end its DEI efforts because they create \u2018litigation, reputational and financial risks\u2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2025\/jan\/13\/pound-slides-14-month-low-gsk-buys-us-cancer-firm-115bn-government-bonds-selloff-gilts-business-live\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apple has asked shareholders to vote against a proposal to scrap its diversity, equity and inclusion programmes, as tech rivals scale back similar schemes before Donald Trump\u2019s return to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative thinktank, wants the iPhone maker to end its DEI efforts because they expose companies to \u201clitigation, reputational and financial risks\u201d. The proposal will be voted on at Apple\u2019s annual general meeting on 25 February.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/jan\/13\/apple-investors-diversity-dei\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f79c620dfb558f2849dfd19f487c164b04e36219\/0_704_5013_3008\/master\/5013.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=0031c5d38c4834e60a62d06765922e90\" title=\"Apple asks investors to block proposal to scrap diversity programmes\" \/>Conservative thinktank wants firm to end its DEI efforts because they create \u2018litigation, reputational and financial risks\u2019<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nApple has asked shareholders to vote against a proposal to scrap its diversity, equity and inclusion programmes, as tech rivals scale back similar schemes before Donald Trump\u2019s return to the White House.<br \/>\nThe National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative thinktank, wants the iPhone maker to end its DEI efforts because they expose companies to \u201clitigation, reputational and financial risks\u201d. The proposal will be voted on at Apple\u2019s annual general meeting on 25 February. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative thinktank wants firm to end its DEI efforts because they create \u2018litigation, reputational and financial risks\u2019 Business live \u2013 latest updates Apple has asked shareholders to vote against a proposal to scrap its diversity, equity and inclusion programmes, as tech rivals scale back similar schemes before Donald Trump\u2019s return to the White House. The &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/13\/apple-asks-investors-to-block-proposal-to-scrap-diversity-programmes\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Apple asks investors to block proposal to scrap diversity programmes<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17247"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}