Apple shareholders voted on Tuesday to keep the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, rejecting a proposal from the conservative think tank National Center for Public Policy Research.
The vote at Apple’s annual meeting was highly anticipated, especially as many major companies have rolled back diversity programs following executive orders from former President Donald Trump requiring federal agencies to eliminate DEI initiatives.
The group argued that DEI programs could be discriminatory and harm shareholder value, but the majority sided with Apple’s board, which defended diversity as a business asset.