61 S&P 100 companies have removed diversity criteria for upcoming board members since 2023, according to an ESGAUGE analysis of filings and governance documents for Bloomberg News. Companies such as Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Starbucks Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co have eliminated diversity requirements for directors in the last three years. Companies removing diversity criteria for board members ESGAUGE analysis of corporate filings found that companies that had previously referenced gender, race, ethnicity, or underrepresented groups in board-selection criteria had removed that terminology. Companies like Micro Devices