Tagit, a discount chain, said on Friday that it will reduce diversification, fairness and inclusive measures with competitors Wal -Mart and other well -known American brands, which have been attacked by conservative activities and the White House.
The retailer, headquartered in Minnespolis, said that its "belonging to the target heart" strategy will include termination of a plan, which aims to help black employees build a meaningful career and improve the experience of black shoppers. And after the police killed the blacks, they promoted George Freud by the company owned by blacks in 2020.
Target operates nearly 2,000 stores across the country and has more than 400,000 employees. The company said that it has planned to end the racial plan this year. The company said on Friday that it will also complete the diversified, fair and inclusive (DEI) goals set in the three -year cycle.
These goals include employment and promotion of more women and few ethnic group members, as well as recruiting more diverse suppliers, including colored people, women, LGBTQ+ people, veterans, and disabled companies.
Target has long been a active advocate for black and LGBTQ+ crowd rights. In a memorandum of "Kiera Fernandez), Kiera Fernandez, a memorandum of Target's chief community, stated that this is the" tolerance work and guest environment "for decades to create" welcome everyone's tolerance work and guest environment "for decades. Next chapter.
Fernandez wrote in the memo shared by Tagit on Friday: "Data, insights, listening and learning have been shaping our strategy next chapter for many years." Business, we know the importance of maintaining synchronization with the changing external environment in the present and future. "
There is no doubt that since many US companies have taken the DEI goal to cope with the "Black Life is also destiny" protest after the death of Minnes' Apolis Freud, the US civil rights pattern has undergone a huge change within five years.
In 2020, Target promised to provide 10 million US dollars for social justice initiative and rebuild areas that are damaged by riots. At that time, Tagit's leaders said that they Hope to increase the labor force by 20% In the next three years.
In 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States made a ruling to prohibit the equal rights operations in college enrollment, which made conservative groups boldly filed a lawsuit or threatened lawsuit against corporate measures, such as employee resource groups and priority recruitment of historical edge groups. practice.
Wal -Mart,, McDonald's,, Ford,, Harley Davidson,, John Dier In recent months, well -known consumer brands such as Lowe's and Lowe's have decreased or gradually canceled their DEI promises.
President Donald Trump said this week that his government has reached an agreement with conservatives. Conservatives believe that it is unconstitutional to increase the representative policies of ethnic minorities by considering race, gender and sexual orientation.
Trump signed a copy on the first day of his office The administrative order aimed at terminating the Federal Government's internal DEI programEssence The Trump administration officials said the order reduced the funds of all institutions' so -called DEI programs to "end DEI within the Federal Government."
A memorandum of memo issued by the US Personnel Administration on Tuesday evening calls on all federal DEI employees to leave before Wednesday evening.
Unlike some companies that reorganize or cancel a diversified plan, Tagit began to work as early as 2020 to create a more tolerant employee team, and the company has also been regarded as LGBTQ+ tolerance pioneers for a long time. Essence
However, a memorandum of employee shared on Friday states that Tagit will no longer participate in an survey of the effectiveness of its action, including the annual index preparation of the National LGBTQ+ Human Rights Campaign. Tajit said it would further evaluate corporate partnership relationships to ensure that they are directly related to business goals, but they refuse to disclose details.
Equal Equality Index for enterprises that withdraw from the human rights movement and stop sponsoring proud activities have always been the goal of DEI opponents.
Tagit has been trying to avoid strong opposition from conservative customers and organizations for a while. As transgender rights become a more prominent issue in 2016, the company claims that "tolerance is Tagit's core belief" and expressed support for transgender employees and customers to use the "consistent with its gender identity" toilet or fitting clothes. between.
However, after some customers threatened to resist the Tagit store, the company said that more stores will provide a single bathroom bathroom with locking doors.
In 2023, Target faced an anti -LGBTQ movement that was crazy on social media. Event Threat employees, and there are some products and display damage In the store. In response, Tagit deleted some items that had the most "unstable" response to the opponent's "unstable" reaction.
The company did not prepare proud monthly products for the store in 2024.
Nevertheless, some well -known companies have held the pressure of the public and abandoned the diversified plan. On Thursday, Multi -shareholders of Hao City rejected a proposal to urge the wholesale club operators to evaluate the risks brought by its diversification, fairness and inclusive approach.
According to the preliminary results shared by the Costco executive, more than 98%of the stock voting opposes a proposal submitted by a conservative think tank in Washington. Costco's board of directors recommends vote for objection.