Disney shareholders have voted overwhelmingly to maintain the company's participation in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index, which measures support for LGBTQ+ causes. A staggering 99% of shareholders voted in favor, rejecting a right-wing proposal to withdraw. Disney has received a perfect score from the index since 2007, reflecting its commitment to LGBTQ+ rights. The proposal, submitted by the National Center for Public Policy Research, claimed the index operates as a 'social credit score,' arguing that it pressures corporations to adhere to specific political positions regarding gender and sexuality.
Holders of only 1 percent of shares voted in favor of a right-wing group's proposal that Disney pull out of the index, according to multiple media outlets.
Though HRC - which Disney has a paid partnership with - claims the CEI is just a 'benchmarking tool on corporate policies ... pertinent to LGBT employees,' in reality, it functions like a social credit score for corporations.
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