(Reuters) -Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services on Friday recommended that Apple ( AAPL ) shareholders vote against an investor proposal asking the tech giant to consider abolishing its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.

Big Tech companies Meta, Alphabet and Amazon are among a series of firms that had scrapped their DEI goals leading up to and after Republican Donald Trump's return to the U.S. presidency.

Apple ( AAPL ) did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

The iPhone maker's annual meeting is scheduled for Feb. 25.

(Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva and Devika Syamnath)