Walmart dissolves its DEI initiatives

Walmart is the latest to join Lowe’s, Toyota, and Ford, among others, to roll back its diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.

The retailer employs 1.6 million people and will become the largest company in the United States to eliminate its DEI programs. Walmart will no longer refer to a prominent LGBT rights index to help with hiring decisions, it will stop prioritizing suppliers based on diversity, and it won’t continue to use the phrase “DEI.”