DEI policies News

Retailers Publicly Scrap Some ‘DEI’ Initiatives While Quietly Supporting Others

Several U.S. retailers that publicly scrapped diversity, equity and inclusion programs – including Target, Amazon and Tractor Supply – are maintaining certain efforts behind the scenes. The three retailers, while they’ve ended DEI programs on paper, have told advocacy groups …

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo Planning to Comply With Trump’s DEI Policy

Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc., both government contractors, are preparing to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs, according to people familiar with the matter. Coca-Cola, which provides beverages on military bases and in …

Advisory Firm ISS Urges Apple Investors to Vote Against Scrapping Diversity Policies

Influential proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services recommended on Friday that Apple investors vote against a proposal to consider eliminating the iPhone maker’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies. Apple’s disclosures offer shareholders sufficient information about its DEI policies and there …

Google Scraps Diversity-Based Hiring Targets

Alphabet’s Google is scrapping its goal to hire more employees from underrepresented groups and is reviewing some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, joining a slew of U.S. businesses scaling back diversity initiatives. “In 2020, we set aspirational …

Target Becomes Latest Company to Backtrack on DEI Initiatives

Target is ending its diversity, equity and inclusion program this year, the retailer said on Friday, the latest U.S. corporation to step away from such policies in the face of severe scrutiny from conservative groups. Over the last year, several …

Trump Puts Federal DEI Staff on Paid Leave as Cuts Take Shape

Federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles will be placed on paid leave Wednesday as their offices related to those programs are being ordered to shut down after President Donald Trump’s executive orders, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt …

New West Virginia Governor Axes DEI and Enacts Vaccine Exemptions on Day One

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued a slew of aggressive executive orders on his first full day as West Virginia’s chief executive Tuesday, including one enabling families to receive religious exemptions from required school vaccinations — a …

McDonald’s Retires Some Diversity Goals in Latest Corporate Retreat

McDonald’s Corp. is revamping its approach to diversity, equity and inclusion, becoming the latest large company to change its strategy as the once-ubiquitous goals come under pressure from conservative advocates. The company will no longer set “aspirational representation goals” and …

Walmart’s DEI Compromise Holds Lessons for Corporate America

“Robby Starbuck has viewed your profile.” The LinkedIn alerts for Walmart Inc. executives started appearing on Nov. 18, offering an early signal that the anti-DEI campaigner was setting his sights on the biggest US private employer. Just a week later, …