The Bank of England has scrapped planned DEI rules that would have forced 42,000 UK businesses to report diversity data collected on their employees amid a global backlash over the 'progressive' corporate agenda.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative – Mark Zuckerberg's multibillion-dollar charity – has scrapped its diversity team and cancelled funding for projects promoting inclusivity as the Great Unwokening gains pace.
BlackRock, the world's biggest asset manager, is abandoning the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative after coming under pressure from Republican politicians over its support for woke climate policies.
The age of woke is over, says Nick Dixon. The time of MAGA has come! But will the British political class wake up and smell the coffee?
Jaguar's controversial new concept electric car has been leaked online – showing the vehicle in hot pink in a design likened to FAB1 from Thunderbirds and the Barbie car.
Walmart has announced it's phasing out its DEI programmes. It's a further sign that the woke agenda is in retreat across America and, with the election of Donald Trump, in Government as well, says Kate Andrews.
Once upon a time, two crafty Brand Managers approached the Jaguar board claiming they could create an ad so daring only the most discerning would understand its brilliance. Laura Dodsworth with a modern day morality tale.
Woke is over, but not everyone has got the memo, says Nick Dixon. Certainly not Jaguar, whose latest ad, in which various gender non-conforming people prance around, does not appear to be aimed at people who buy Jags.
The rejection of Kamala Harris is a resounding repudiation of the worst elements of the DEI cult, says Annabel Denham. The American people threw out Biden's diversity hire and sent her packing.
With DEI seemingly on the way out, Joanna Gray offers a fix for the HR void left by fading diversity initiatives – one that fosters true company unity without stressing divisions based on immutable characteristics.
