Investors and shareholders are more frequently requesting racial equity audits of large companies to demonstrate their attention to ESG and DEI goals. Moore & Van Allen PLLC attorneys Valecia M. McDowell and Elena F. Mitchell recently conducted a racial equity audit for a publicly traded company and offer insights on how companies should approach conducting such an audit.

Investors and stakeholders are paying greater attention to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impacts of public companies. Increasingly, they also are requesting, if not demanding, that companies consider civil rights and social justice issues, often through racial equity audits.