Costco stands by DEI policies, accuses conservative lobbyists of 'broader agenda'
Costco said the group pushing them to cut DEI was not interested in "reducing risk for the company but the abolition of diversity initiatives."
January 24, 2025
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Cleve Jones: Why I’ll Be at Starbucks' Shareholder Meeting
The coffee giant is failing its LGBTQ workers, says the longtime activist.
March 3, 2020
Disney shareholders vote overwhelmingly to continue in Human Rights Campaign index
An anti-LGBTQ+ group had urged the company to pull out of the "woke" index.
March 21, 2025
ExxonMobil Rejects Protections for LGBT Employees -- Again
Shareholders of the oil giant voted against adding nondiscrimination protections for LGBT employees by a margin of 81% to 19%.
May 29, 2013
SEC Rejects ExxonMobil Attempt to Block Non-discrimination Shareholder Resolution
In January, ExxonMobil wrote to the SEC to argue that the company's employment policies already conformed.
March 22, 2012
Exxon Mobil Rejects Progay Policy Again
Just 22% of shareholders voted in favor of amending the nondiscrimination policy.
May 26, 2010
Apple, Costco stand behind DEI programs
Both companies' directors are encouraging shareholders to vote against resolutions asking them to reconsider DEI initiatives.
January 14, 2025
ExxonMobil again votes down protections for gay employees
For the seventh year in a row ExxonMobil shareholders have rejected a proposal to cover sexual orientation in the company's equal employment opportunity policy.
June 2, 2006
ExxonMobil Has a Resounding No for Its LGBT Employees
Some 80% of shareholders voted against adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the company's anti-discrimination policy.
May 30, 2012
Kraft stockholders reject bid to cancel sponsorship of Gay Games
Kraft Foods and its shareholders decisively voted down a proposal Tuesday that would have revoked the company's sponsorship of the Gay Games in Chicago this summer.
April 27, 2006
Will ExxonMobil Finally Protect its LGBT Workers?
Shareholders and leaders of ExxonMobil, recently named to the top position on the Fortune 500, has continuously voted against introducing LGBT-inclusive antidiscrimination policies. Will that finally change this May?
May 22, 2012
Target CEO Says Company Will Be Neutral on Marriage Vote
The CEO of Target told shareholders Wednesday that the company would remain neutral on a proposed anti-marriage equality amendment in Minnesota, the state where Target is based.
June 8, 2011
Despite claims it's 'too woke,' Cracker Barrel actually has a fraught LGBTQ+ history
The backlash over Cracker Barrel's new logo ignores the fact that the company once openly fired gay workers, sparking a decade of queer protests and shareholder activism that forced change.
August 25, 2025
General Mills Defends Marriage Equality as 'Business Issue'
In shareholder meetings Monday, General Mills defended its opposition to the Minnesota anti-marriage equality ballot measure, which seeks to amend the state's constitution to define marriage solely as the union of one man and one woman.
September 25, 2012
Regardless of corporate retreat from Pride, queer businesses are still here for LGBTQ+ communities
Opinion: "When our representation depends on a quarterly risk report to shareholders, we must recognize that we are line items in their marketing budgets, not living, breathing human beings deserving of dignity, visibility, and respect," writes David Lauterstein, CEO of Nasty Pig.
May 29, 2025
After pressure, Micron adds sexual orientation to nondiscrimination policy
Micron Technology Inc. decided Tuesday to amend its company policy so employees can no longer be fired on the basis of their sexual orientation. The move comes after The Advocate revealed last week that the Boise, Idaho, company's board of directors had ignored an unprecedented 55% shareholder vote in favor of adding both sexual orientation and gender identity to its nondiscrimination policies.
May 3, 2007