Pension Funds Push Forward on Climate Goals Despite Backlash

Pension Funds Push Forward on Climate Goals Despite Backlash

In the past few months, some of the largest banks and asset managers in the United States have quit net zero networks, the climate groups that encourage their members to set ambitious carbon reduction targets and collaborate internationally on sustainability efforts. But the week after Donald J. Trump won re-election …

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Profits, Not D.E.I., Are Why Companies Exist

Profits, Not D.E.I., Are Why Companies Exist

A prominent group of chief executives said almost six years ago that making profits for shareholders was only part of their business — and not necessarily the main part. Speaking collectively as the Business Roundtable, C.E.O.s from companies like Johnson & Johnson, FedEx, Wells Fargo and Amazon said that, really, …

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Trump’s Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left Wing

Trump’s Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left Wing

A few days after President Trump issued an order urging the private sector to end “Illegal D.E.I. Discrimination and Preferences,” the Rev. Al Sharpton led about 100 people into a Costco in East Harlem for a so-called buy-cott. The idea was to shop and support the company for maintaining its …

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Silicon Valley Tech Workers Quietly Protest Their Bosses’ Embrace of Trump

Silicon Valley Tech Workers Quietly Protest Their Bosses’ Embrace of Trump

Quietly but unmistakably, the tampons, liners and pads reappeared in many of the men’s bathrooms at Meta’s offices. Days earlier, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, had made a series of changes at his company, aligning with President Trump’s new administration. As part of the moves, Mr. Zuckerberg eliminated diversity initiatives …

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Trump Escalates His War on D.E.I.

Trump Escalates His War on D.E.I.

Crackdown President Trump made clear for months that he would take aim at diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives when he took office. But the ferocity with which he has done so — both within the federal government and, soon, in the corporate sector — has set off alarm bells in …

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Musk and Zuckerberg Reflect New Blows Against D.E.I. Policies

Musk and Zuckerberg Reflect New Blows Against D.E.I. Policies

The war on D.E.I. intensifies Even before Donald Trump won in November, the conservative backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion policies was going strong. But new revelations about the next Trump administration’s efforts to constrain what’s commonly known as D.E.I. — and corporate titans’ willingness to put such programs aside …

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Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era

Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small. Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a handful of top policy and communications executives and others to discuss the company’s approach to online speech. He had decided to make sweeping changes after visiting President-elect …

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