America’s foremost DEI shareholder activist warns that anti-diversity groups are forcing companies to underperform

Andy Behar, CEO of As You Sow, stands at a podium speaking (Credit: Jim Block, courtesy of Andy Behar)

The great corporate DEI rollback is well underway, as a slew of companies—including Citigroup and Pepsi—have made changes to their diversity and inclusion programs.

But Andrew Behar, CEO of the shareholder activist group As You Sow, believes the rhetoric around DEI retreats we’ve seen so far obscures a larger truth: “Companies are actually holding strong.”