Corporate Leadership
US Companies Delay Impact Reports With DEI, ESG Under Attack
Nike and JPMorgan are on a list of companies that are pushing back or changing the release timing of sustainability and diversity reports.
A Nike Well Collective store in New York. Nike joins a growing list of companies that are either canceling or late in publishing their corporate impact reports.
Photographer: Bing Guan/BloombergIt was just over a year ago when Nike Inc.’s then-CEO, John Donahoe, trumpeted a flashy 90-second video, hyping a report about the company’s efforts to improve diversity and equality.
The report, he said in a LinkedIn post, is “a testament to our belief in the transformative power of sport.” Nike had released some version of it since at least 2001, often with similar fanfare.