Advertising giant WPP cuts diversity references from annual report

WPP’s annual report axed all references to ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’, DE&I and DEI. The policy attracted 20 mentions in the previous year’s report. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

The British advertising giant WPP has become the latest company to cut the phrase “diversity, equity and inclusion” from its annual report as the policies come under attack from the Trump administration.

The agency, which counts the US as by far its largest market, boasts the storied “Madison Avenue” agencies J Walter Thompson, Ogilvy and Grey among its top brands.