Goldman Sachs ends IPO diversity policy

The end of Goldman’s IPO diversity rule abandons one of the business world’s most powerful levers for diversity
In 2020, Goldman Sachs made a big splash by declaring the bank would refuse to take a company public if the business didn't have at least one board member considered "diverse" in some way—later upped to two.
Goldman Sachs abandons DEI rule, saying it has ‘served its purpose’
Goldman Sachs has ended a ban on underwriting companies with all-white, all-male boards, becoming the latest corporate giant to scale back a DEI initiative.
Goldman Sachs ends IPO diversity policy as Trump cracks down on DEI
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon is scrapping a key DEI policy that banned the bank from doing IPOs for companies with white, all-male boards. It marks a major U-turn for Goldman amid a White House-led crackdown on what the Trump administration believes to be discriminatory hiring policies in the private sector.
Goldman Sachs ends IPO diversity policy citing legal developments
Goldman Sachs cancelled a four-year-old policy to only take public companies that had two diverse board members, a spokesperson for the bank said on Tuesday, in the latest such move by corporations expecting greater scrutiny on social policies from U.
Why Goldman Sachs dropped its DEI requirement from IPOs
Goldman Sachs has ended its policy requiring IPO clients to have diverse boards, citing a legal ruling that ended a similar initiative at the Nasdaq.
Goldman Sachs abandons IPO board diversity pledge
Goldman Sachs has abandoned a pledge to only take public companies with a certain number of diverse board members, underscoring the increasingly harsh environment in the US around diversity programmes.
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