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DEI Under Fire: Target Rolls Back Diversity Plans As Costco Keeps Them—Here’s The List Of Major Companies Dropping DEI

In 2025, 1 in 8 companies plan to eliminate or reduce their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs due to political climate changes, economic pressures, or a lack of measurable return on investment, according to a Jan. 21 report by Resume.org.
More than half of managers also said DEI initiatives were implemented primarily for public relations purposes.
Several prominent U.S. Companies have scaled back or discontinued their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, following a shift in public sentiment after the 2020 protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd.
The retreat from DEI programs may signal a broader cultural shift in corporate America regarding diversity efforts.

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Companies significantly downsizing DEI policies

Most of the largest publicly traded alternative asset managers in the US have removed significant portions of language related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives from their annual filings to the SEC authority, a study by US financial data firm PitchBook shows. The most significant changes appear between 2023 and 2024. President Donald Trump’s executive order to stop federal DEI programs had a massive trickle-down effect, PitchB…

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STAT

For Google, health equity becomes 'health optimization' as Trump targets DEI

Google recently revised websites and made other adjustments to downplay its commitment to health equity, the latest example of a prominent company repositioning its work following President Trump’s attack on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Google has for years touted its efforts to advance health equity, but since January, the company began making changes to its health website to remove the term and other language around the idea of addressing…

4 days ago·Boston, United States

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Los Angeles Times

Which companies in the US are backing down their diversity initiatives?

A growing number of prominent companies have reduced or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives that a large part of the U.S. corporation backed after protests that accompanied the assassination of George Floyd, an African-American, at the hands of police in Minneapolis in 2020.

5 days ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Phys.org

Diversity helps: Study shows more women on boards can improve how businesses are managed

Despite large multinational companies such as Goldman Sachs, Paramount, Google and others removing their diversity, equity and inclusion policies, the evidence is clear: having a diverse team can help businesses make better, more empathetic decisions.

6 days ago·United Kingdom

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WLKY

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List: These US companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives

Emboldened by a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision that outlawed affirmative action in college admissions, conservative activists have used the courts and social media to target workplace programs.

2 months ago·Louisville, United States

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KVIA

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Companies are running away from DEI. One of America’s biggest beauty brands is standing firm

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Some of the biggest brands in America, including Amazon, Meta, Walmart and McDonald’s, have recently changed or ended their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. But e.l.f. Beauty, a popular cosmetics brand, is a rare company vocally touting its diversity efforts and inclusive marketing like its “So Many Dicks” campaign. The provocative advertising campaign last year highlighted that nearly …

2 months ago·Panama City, United States

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