Corporate Leadership
Walmart, World’s Biggest Retailer, Will Curb Diversity Efforts
- Walmart to curb racial equity training, review Pride funding
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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.
The world’s biggest retailer will no longer consider race and gender to boost diversity when granting supplier contracts, and stop collecting demographic data when assessing financing eligibility.