Saijel Kishan

Shares in clean energy companies have fallen every year since 2021, but some say the sector has hit bottom.

As many American companies beat a hasty retreat from the diversity, equity and inclusion programs they once embraced, the bulk retailer Costco Wholesale Corp. has become one of DEI’s few remaining public proponents.

Texas and nine other Republican-led states are ratcheting up pressure on Wall Street’s diversity programs, asking firms about their policies on hiring and supplier selections as the Trump administration moves to gut DEI.

Paxton sent letter to banks including JPMorgan and Goldman BlackRock also received request for information from state AGs

Texas and nine other Republican-led states are ratcheting up pressure on Wall Street's diversity programs, asking firms about their policies on hiring and supplier selections as the Trump administration moves to gut DEI.

Nineteen Republican Attorneys General called on Costco Wholesale Corp. to end its workforce diversity policies after the bulk retailer become one of few companies to defend its practice.

(Bloomberg) -- Nineteen Republican attorneys general called on Costco Wholesale Corp. to end its workforce diversity policies after the bulk retailer become one of few companies to defend its practice.

Nineteen Republican attorneys general, including Ohio's Dave Yost, called on Costco Wholesale Corp. to end its workforce diversity policies after the bulk retailer became one of the few companies to defend its practice.

A worker arranges produce at a Costco store in Teterboro, New Jersey. (Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg)

ESG stand for environmental, social and governance, referring to banks and investors weighing factors such as climate change in financing decisions.