Goldman Sachs will no longer ban companies with all white boards in IPO services
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Goldman Sachs lifted the ban on businesses from all white or all male boards receiving their first public service, marking them as one of the biggest Wall Street companies in DEI.
The ban first enacted in 2020 stipulated it Investment Bank The company will not be public in the US or Western Europe unless there are non-white board members and one female board member.
Goldman said that during the national racial turmoil and riots caused by George Floyd’s death at the hands of police officer Derek Chaubin, Day wiped out much of Wall Street and Corporate America. , a ban has been issued.
Goldman Sachs has dropped the ban on businesses on all white boards receiving IPO services. (Thiago Prudencio/Soup Images/Lightrocket bygetty Images/Getty Images)
“As a result of legal developments related to the Board’s diversity requirements, we have concluded the formal Board’s diversity policy. We continue to believe that a successful board will benefit from a diverse background and perspective, and we are committed to this. We encourage you to adopt an approach,” Goldman Sachs spokesman Tony Flatt said in a statement.
Titan on Wall Street will continue to source a variety of candidates for clients’ boards when requested, a spokesperson said.
Goldman’s move comes amid a shift in the legal environment that saw the courts and the Trump administration take an offensive stance towards Day’s action.
Requests that exchange-listed companies identify minority/LGBTQ/LGBTQ one female director and one director, or explain why the board failed to meet these requirements. The nearly identical 2022 NASDAQ rules were defeated by a federal appeal in 2022.
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Jamie Dimon defended the bank’s DEI practices in an interview with Davos. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Goldmans Turn away from Dei Other Wall Street costumes are digging at the heels so I’m coming. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told CNBC in an interview with Davos in January. Dimon went on to say that although he supports the approach his bank has been working on diversity issues, he is correct when necessary.
“We will continue to reach out to the Black community, Hispanic community, LGBT community and the veteran community. We have special programs, second chance initiatives with disabilities., mayors, governors, and they are the ones we can do. I say I like being there,” he said.
Trump is eradicating Day from the federal government. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images / Getty Images)
I also have jpmorgan Set up a “Warroom” President analyzes new Trump policies to issue a surge in executive orders Purge Day From federal government and private companies and other regulations.
“At JP Morgan, we have a war room to analyze and evaluate all of this, so they’re up all night and working on it,” he said at the Davos World Economic Forum in January.