n 2021, the Federal Government declared Juneteenth a national holiday. The catalyst to codifying the day, which celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S., was the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 and the subsequent protests and nationwide outcry demanding immediate action to combat the country’s systemic racism and inequity.
But talk is cheap—and so are pledges. Corporate transparency about diversity goals is still murky. Data on a company’s progress on these social initiatives is mostly voluntary, and the information that does reach the public is nearly all self-reported.