Target ending DEI initiatives amid Trump's order on diversity programs

Reuters - 24/01
Target is ending its diversity, equity and inclusion program along with other equity initiatives, the retailer said on Friday, becoming the latest U.S. firm to pull back these policies, meant to boost racial and ethnic representation at workplaces.
  • Target joins Amazon, Walmart, others in rolling back DEI programs
  • Move comes days after President Trump's order ending DEI in federal agencies
  • Target renames 'supplier diversity' team as 'supplier engagement'
Jan 24 (Reuters) - Target (TGT.N), opens new tab is ending its diversity, equity and inclusion program along with other equity initiatives, the retailer said on Friday, becoming the latest U.S. firm to pull back these policies, meant to boost racial and ethnic representation at workplaces.
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order directing federal agencies to terminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, encouraging private companies to do the same.
Companies have been focused on the diversity of their workforce for decades, but contemporary DEI initiatives took off after nationwide protests in 2020 over police shootings of unarmed Black people.
Over the last year, however, several major companies, including Walmart (WMT.N), opens new tab, Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab, and Meta (META.O), opens new tab, walked back their DEI policies in the face of public pressure and after the November election victory by Trump, who has long criticized DEI initiatives.
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