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Defense Contracts Demand Social Change

Defense Contracts Demand Social Change

Published 3 days, 13 hours ago
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The UK Ministry of Defence is forcing defense contractors to prove they’re “woke” — tackling climate change, eco-inequality, wellbeing, and economic fairness — or risk losing multi-million-pound contracts, being shamed, or banned from future government work. As global threats rise, critics question whether these social value mandates, now spreading into farming, education, and export finance, are practical or just political theater. Officials insist it’s about maximizing societal impact — but the real cost may be compromised national security and a government increasingly obsessed with diversity metrics over battlefield readiness.

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