Meta confirms Axios report that the company is is axing its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, including for hiring and training.

Several major US companies are scaling back or ending their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Companies like Meta, Amazon, McDonald’s, and Walmart are reevaluating their DEI programs,

One of the country’s largest retailers said it will end the diversity, equity and inclusion goals it sets in three-year cycles and curtail racial equity initiatives.

Target joins a growing number of US companies including Meta, Walmart and McDonald’s in retreating from work on racial and gender equity amid mounting pressure from Trump and other conservatives. The president has said programmes that seek to reduce discrimination against minority groups in the workforce are “illegal”,

DEI policies originated as a counterweight to discriminatory corporate practices. A number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd,

Target is planning to conclude its three-year DEI goals and its Racial Equity Action and Change initiatives in 2025. It also promised to evaluate corporate partnerships “to ensure they are