Amazon adopts new policy to promote board diversity


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 15 May 2018

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is pictured inside the company's office in Bengaluru, India, April 20, 2018. Picture taken April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa/File Photo

Amazon.com Inc on May 14 said it is adopting a new policy to promote diversity in its board of directors, saying that women and minorities are to be among the company's board nominees.

“The Amazon Board of Directors has adopted a policy that the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee include a slate of diverse candidates, including women and minorities, for all director openings,” Amazon said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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