"Apple's Board of Directors recommended that investors vote against a shareholder proposal to abolish the company's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs, according to a proxy filing from the company. The National Center for Public Policy submitted a proposal arguing that DEI poses 'litigation, reputational, and financial risks to companies' and could make Apple more vulnerable to lawsuits. Several major companies, including Meta and Amazon, are winding down diversity programs as conservative opposition to such initiatives grows louder ahead of Republican Donald Trump's return to the U.S. Presidency. Apple stated, 'Apple is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, or promoting on any basis protected by law' in response to the proposal."