Corporate Leadership
Lowe’s Scraps Some DEI Policies as Activist Claims a New Win
- Lowe’s to end participation in LGBTQ advocacy group’s surveys
- Anti-DEI activist Robby Starbuck claims credit for latest move
Lowe’s had eight business resource groups as of 2021.
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Lowe’s Cos. is scaling back its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, the latest American company to end such initiatives following a series of activists attacks on firms that promote DEI.
The home-improvement retailer will no longer participate in surveys for LGBTQ advocacy group the Human Rights Campaign, and will also combine its various business resource groups that represent diverse employees into one umbrella organization, it said in an internal note.