US Companies Delay Impact Reports With DEI, ESG Under Attack (1)

It was just over a year ago when Nike Inc.’s then-CEO, John Donahoe, trumpeted a flashy 90-second video, hyping a report about the company’s efforts to improve diversity and equality.

The report, he said in a LinkedIn post, is “a testament to our belief in the transformative power of sport.” Nike had released some version of it since at least 2001, often with similar fanfare.

But this year, the company won’t publish that report.

Nike joins a growing list of companies that includes JPMorgan Chase & Co., Constellation Brands Inc. and Akamai Technologies Inc. that are ...