Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Hundreds of US companies have removed references to \u201cdiversity, equity and inclusion\u201d from their annual reports in a rapid pullback from the corporate values that have become a target of President Donald Trump\u2019s administration. More than 200 of America\u2019s largest corporate groups have culled mentions of DEI and related terms such as \u201cdiversity\u201d, according to FactSet data and company filings analysed by the Financial Times.Of the top 400 companies in the S&P 500 index,\u00a090 per cent of those that\u00a0have filed an annual report\u00a0since Trump\u2019s election\u00a0have cut at least some references to DEI, with many ditching the term entirely.\u00a0The figures, which relate only to annual reports covering companies\u2019 financial years that ended since the election, underscore the speed and scale of the impact of Trump\u2019s crusade against what he has described as \u201cillegal and immoral discrimination programmes\u201d.In addition, many companies no longer include statistics breaking down their workforce by race or have dropped references to awards for DEI initiatives or internal affinity groups, such as networks for Black professionals.Separate data from recruitment website Indeed shows that US job postings with DEI-related titles have halved since their mid-2022 peak, while some companies have scrapped diversity programmes. The number of firms that have opted not to refer to DEI, or its individual components such as diversity, in their latest annual reports far outstrips those that have publicly announced changes to their workplace policies or values. Mastercard, Salesforce, S&P Global, Palantir and American Express are among the companies that changed the language they used about diversity between annual filings published in 2024 and 2025. Many companies have instead stressed \u201cinclusion\u201d or \u201cbelonging\u201d, saying they want a culture where \u201call employees\u201d thrive.\u00a0In a statement to the FT, Salesforce said it remained committed to its \u201clong-standing core value of equality\u201d. The other companies did not respond to requests for comment or declined to comment.The analysis of company filings shows that the president\u2019s attacks on DEI have prompted a widespread retreat by companies from publicly discussing their diversity and inclusion initiatives as executives rush to assess whether to cancel or modify the programmes. Within days of taking office in January, Trump signed executive orders prohibiting DEI \u201cdiscrimination\u201d in federal agencies, and requiring federal government contractors to certify that they do not operate inclusion programmes that violate federal anti-discrimination laws. The orders did not clearly define which types of policies the administration views as illegal, leaving companies to assess how to comply. Deloitte told staff in its US government consulting division to remove gender pronouns from their email signatures, for example. Executives view supplier diversity initiatives and programmes that are open only to specific groups, such as a women\u2019s mentoring schemes, as carrying the highest risk, said Joelle Emerson, chief executive of Paradigm, a software and consultancy group that advises companies on culture and inclusion.Trump also directed federal agencies to identify \u201cpotential civil compliance investigations\u201d into publicly traded companies and other organisations as part of a plan to deter DEI programmes that constitute \u201cillegal discrimination or preferences\u201d. Emerson said this had created a \u201cchilling effect\u201d across corporate America, with companies spending so much time trying to interpret the government\u2019s plans \u201cthat they\u2019ve stopped doing things that are in their own best interest and that are perfectly lawful out of fear\u201d. Luke Hartig, president of consultancy Gravity Research, which advises firms on reputational concerns, said that the threat of investigations into DEI initiatives was causing executives \u201cserious anxiety\u201d and was their \u201cnumber one \u2018up at night\u2019 concern\u201d. Even before Trump was elected, at least 20 companies on the S&P 500 had already removed some DEI-related terms in annual filings published between 2021 and 2024, according to FT analysis. In its most recent annual filing, published last month, Meta included a section headed: \u201cThe Strength of Our Workforce and People Processes\u201d. Previous annual reports had used different headings such as \u201cDiversity, Equity and Inclusion\u201d or \u201cDiverse and Inclusive Workplace\u201d. Rightwing campaigners have pressured companies to halt diversity programmes, with Walmart and Harley-Davidson targeted by activists last year. Progressives have also criticised some DEI initiatives for superficially promoting diversity without substantially improving equality or representation of disadvantaged groups.\u00a0But proponents say the programmes help to improve opportunities and career progression for historically under-represented groups while boosting business performance.\u00a0While many companies have been culling references to DEI, some have added language to stress merit-based hiring. These include Morgan Stanley, whose most recent annual filing, published last month, says: \u201cMeritocracy is at the heart of Morgan Stanley\u2019s talent development.\u201d\u00a0Some companies have continued to pursue diversity and equity initiatives despite opposition, such as Costco, whose shareholders recently voted overwhelmingly to continue the company\u2019s policies.\u00a0Chuck Robbins, CEO of telecommunications group Cisco and chair of the influential Business Roundtable of US corporate leaders, also made a staunch defence of his company\u2019s DEI initiatives in January, although the group dropped a reference to \u201cdiversity\u201d in its latest quarterly filing in February.\u201cYou cannot argue with the fact that a diverse workforce is better,\u201d he told Axios in January. \u201cThere\u2019s too much business value.\u201d\u00a0Additional data visualisation by Jana Tauschinski and reporting by Chris Cook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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