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Disney Shareholders Almost Unanimously Reject Proposal to Remove Company from Corporate Equality Index
My family and I are Disney fans and have been to Walt Disney World many times. This news made me smile
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As a part of the recent 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Disney shareholders voted overwhelmingly against a proposal to stop participating in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index.
The 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which can be watched in full on The Walt Disney Company website, allowed shareholders to cast their votes on several new proposals. Some of the proposals were regular reoccurrences for the shareholder meeting, such as electing the directors for the company. During the 2025 meeting, all current directors sought reelection and were approved with a 96% proxy vote.
Following the named proposals, the meeting also included a section for Shareholder Proposals. One of the three Shareholder Proposals asked for a vote to cease participating in the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Corporate Equality Index.
The Corporate Equality Index (CEI) is described as a “national benchmarking tool on corporate policies, practices, and benefits pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer employees” on the HRC official website. The website includes a search tool where individuals can search for the name of a company and see its ranking on a scale of 0 to 100, with 100 being a top inclusivity score.
The Walt Disney Company most recently scored a perfect 100 on the index in 2025, which included scores of 50/50 for Inclusive Benefits and 20/20 for Corporate Social Responsibility, among other metrics.
The 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which can be watched in full on The Walt Disney Company website, allowed shareholders to cast their votes on several new proposals. Some of the proposals were regular reoccurrences for the shareholder meeting, such as electing the directors for the company. During the 2025 meeting, all current directors sought reelection and were approved with a 96% proxy vote.
Following the named proposals, the meeting also included a section for Shareholder Proposals. One of the three Shareholder Proposals asked for a vote to cease participating in the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Corporate Equality Index.
The Corporate Equality Index (CEI) is described as a “national benchmarking tool on corporate policies, practices, and benefits pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer employees” on the HRC official website. The website includes a search tool where individuals can search for the name of a company and see its ranking on a scale of 0 to 100, with 100 being a top inclusivity score.
The Walt Disney Company most recently scored a perfect 100 on the index in 2025, which included scores of 50/50 for Inclusive Benefits and 20/20 for Corporate Social Responsibility, among other metrics.
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Not the proposal, of course, but the response to it! 
I've never been to Disney World, but the company's support for the LGBTQ+ community always makes me smile. It's great to hear that the vast majority of shareholders are on the same page about this.
If the weirdos who made this proposal aren't happy owning shares in a company that supports the humanity of people with sexual orientations or gender identities they disagree with, they need to get the hell out.