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Walmart becomes latest - and biggest - company to roll back its DEI policies

Walmart is reducing its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies due to pressure from conservative activists.
The company will no longer use race and gender in supplier contracts, stating it does not have quotas.
Walmart will review grants to Pride events to ensure it is not funding sexualized content targeting children.

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Walmart ends diversity commitments as Trump policies stoke division

In 2020, following the global Black Lives Matter protests, Walmart pledged to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging. Its “Belonging” program promised associates they would “feel seen, supported, and connected” and highlighted that diversity would drive engagement and business success. Four years later, Walmart is reversing course, dismantling many of those commitments as the incoming Trump … Continued

3 months ago·Pittsburgh, United States

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Ben Swann's Truth In Media

Walmart Rolls Back Controversial DEI Policies - Truth in Media

On Monday, Walmart announced its intentions to roll back its “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) policies, following several other corporations that have done so recently after widespread public criticism. This means that the company will no longer consider race and gender when granting supplier contracts, and that eligibility for financing will not be determined using such data. Additionally, the retail giant will not renew its five-year co…

3 months ago

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer, will curb its diversity efforts

Walmart Inc. is reversing course on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, joining a growing list of businesses retreating on DEI programs targeted...

3 months ago·Pittsburgh, United States

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NewsBusters

Walmart CEO Quizzed on CBS After Ditching Woke DEI Policies

Walmart CEO Quizzed on CBS After Ditching Woke DEI Policies One day after political commentator and podcast host Robby Starbuck announced that Walmart had agreed to distance itself from radical diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices, a high-ranking Walmart executive chose to do a legacy media interview. Here’s how that went. The CEO of Walmart U.S., John Furner appeared on the Nov. 26 edition of CBS Mornings and immediately fielded q…

3 months ago·Washington, United States

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National Post

Walmart, world’s biggest retailer, will curb diversity efforts in the U.S.

Walmart Inc. is reversing course on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, joining a growing list of businesses retreating on DEI programs targeted by conservative activists.

3 months ago·Canada

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The New American

Walmart Surrenders to Pressure, Ends Some DEI Policies, Puts Others Under Review

Anti-DEI activist Robby Starbuck has forced the world’s largest corporation to change its insane diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. ... The post Walmart Surrenders to Pressure, Ends Some DEI Policies, Puts Others Under Review appeared first on The New American.

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