Broad Investor Coalition Calls on EEOC to Continue Collecting Key Workforce Demographic Data
NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2026 – A coalition of more than 70 investors representing an estimated $1.002 trillion in AUM have signed onto an investor statement calling for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to continue collecting key workforce demographic data, and for companies to continue collecting and share this data with investors, regardless of how the EEOC proceeds. Their call follows an announcement by the EEOC last month that it intends to stop collecting this data, known as EEO-1 data, a move that many contend will leave workers more vulnerable to workplace discrimination.
The investor letter was written by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of more than 300 faith- and values-based investors with more than $6 trillion in AUM. As the investors point out in their letter, since 1966 large private employers have been required to submit EEO-1 and other key workforce demographic data to the EEOC. This data has made it possible for employers to identify and monitor legal risks, for the EEOC to enforce anti-discrimination laws more effectively, and for investors to make more informed decisions about the companies in their investment portfolios. Recent moves to stop collecting this data were immediately decried as an aggressive and unmistakable attack on anti-discrimination laws, removing an important safeguard to protect workers against workplace discrimination, as well as a vital tool for companies to understand and mitigate legal and business risk.
“These attempts by the EEOC’s current leadership to upend decades of precedent by ending these disclosure requirements are harmful and short-sighted,” said Nadira Narine, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at ICCR. “They are part of a broader and alarming pattern in the federal administration to dismantle the achievements of the Civil Rights movement. However, investors and companies understand the importance of this data and the value more broadly of efforts to create diverse, dynamic and resilient teams in the workplace. We call on companies to honor and continue this longstanding practice, whether or not the EEOC scraps this requirement.”
“Decades of research show that racial and gender inequality carry real costs for individuals and families, and in turn, the markets and long-term economic growth,” said Hyewon Han, Director of Shareholder Advocacy at Trillium Asset Management. “EEO-1 reporting provides investors, companies, and regulators the data to evaluate those risks clearly. Rolling it back sacrifices both civil rights progress and the market transparency investors depend on.”
In addition to the investor statement, ICCR also submitted a Comment to the EEOC opposing this proposed rescission highlighting how the EEOC’s proposal is violative of the statutory mandates of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
About the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)
The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) is a broad coalition of more than 300 institutional investors collectively representing over $4 trillion in invested capital. ICCR members, a cross-section of faith-based investors, asset managers, pension funds, foundations, and other long-term institutional investors, have over 55 years of experience engaging with companies on environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) issues that are critical to long-term value creation. ICCR members engage hundreds of corporations annually in an effort to foster greater corporate accountability. Visit our website www.iccr.org and follow us on LinkedIn and Bluesky.
CONTACT:
Alex Tucciarone
Director of Communications
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)
516-263-9775 (mobile)
atucciarone@iccr.org
