Policy Observatory & Systems intelligence
Reporting published by City AM in early August 2026 describes UK employers as increasingly caught between complex employment law and highly individualized interpretations of reasonable adjustment obligations, a dynamic the … Read More
Reporting by Employee Benefit News, published April 1, 2026, finds that managers frequently respond to neurodivergent employees’ missed deadlines or communication difficulties with discipline rather than dialogue, penalizing employees for … Read More
UK government and policy conferences in 2026 have promoted auditing existing workplace policies and practices through a “neuroinclusive lens,” aimed at identifying structural barriers and opportunities for improvement beyond individual … Read More
Since the Supreme Court’s 2023 affirmative action ruling, state attorneys general have increasingly used consumer-protection and employment-discrimination statutes to challenge corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Missouri’s suit against Starbucks … Read More
Under Chair Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission has linked merger approval to applicants’ disclosures about their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. In 2025, three major media and telecommunications mergers … Read More
Companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) reported strong financial performance in the first half of 2026, a result the Presidency has attributed to macroeconomic reforms implemented since mid-2023 — … Read More
California’s Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) requires companies with more than $1 billion in global revenue that do business in California to disclose Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse … Read More
Harvard’s Center for International Development (CID) has convened a series of programming — including its Road to GEM speaker series — ahead of GEM26, a forthcoming convening framed around “reimagining … Read More
The US Department of State’s foreign assistance leadership confirmed the country will continue funding the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on an ongoing basis, and the … Read More
A coalition of 54 African governments issued a strongly worded joint statement criticizing the United Nations Secretary-General, as reported by the development-sector outlet Development Today (n.d.). The statement’s specific grievances … Read More
