Feb 7 (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 ( AMZN ) 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)