SHRM, a leading HR organization, is no longer focusing on ‘equity’ in its DEI approach

The group’s switch to the acronym ‘I&D’—which stands for inclusion and diversity, but no longer equity—has sparked strong pushback from some HR and DEI experts.

This week, SHRM, a leading organization for HR professionals, announced that it would no longer be using the term “equity.” In a LinkedIn post, the organization—formerly known as the Society for Human Resource Management—shared that it would now use the acronym “I&D,” which stands for inclusion and diversity, stripping away the “equity” portion of “IE&D.”