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Companies Rolling Back DEI:

• • PepsiCo: Confirmed ending some DEI initiatives, including eliminating the Chief DEI officer role and representation goals in hiring.

   

• • Meta: One of the largest tech giants to publicly announce DEI rollbacks.

   

• • Google: Has been reported to be among the companies that have pared back or removed references to DEI in their annual reports.

   

• • Target: Is among the organizations choosing to rollback diversity initiatives.

   

• • Amazon: Faced boycotts from customers protesting changes to DEI programs.

   

• • McDonald's: Has also been reported to be among the companies that have retreated from DEI.

   

• • Walmart: Has also been reported to be among the companies that have retreated from DEI.

   

• • Disney: Scaled back its DEI initiatives.

   

• • Goldman Sachs: Has also been reported to be among the companies that have retreated from DEI.

   

• • Nestlé: Faced a boycott over DEI changes.

   

• • Other companies: Forbes reported that more than a dozen companies have pared back, or removed altogether, references to DEI in their 2024 annual reports to investors, including GM, GE, Intel, PayPal, Chipotle and Comcast.