April 21, 2025
CHROs Surveyed on DEI Plans
The HR Policy Association recently released the results of its 2025 CHRO Survey. The announcement summarized some of the results, but the full report is only available to members. I was interested to see the following data on DEI disclosures and practices in the summary.
Few CHROs reported that they expect their companies to decrease the following:
– Employee resource group programs (4%)
– Mentorship programs (10%)
– Training (23%)
However, over half reported that they expect their companies to decrease these things:
– Participation in outside culture surveys (51%)
– Tying DEI metrics to executive pay (53%)
– Setting public quantitative goals (64%)
With respect to DEI metrics, this is consistent with trends we’ve seen in 2025 proxy statements so far. Liz recently shared that the prevalence of diversity measures dropped from 65% in 2023 to 35% in 2024 in the first 100 proxies filed by S&P 500 companies and several others disclosed their planned discontinuation for 2025 compensation programs.
– Meredith Ervine