Google is abandoning its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, removing mentions of DEI from its annual report and scrapping its hiring targets for underrepresented groups. This move follows a trend among major corporations under pressure from the Trump administration's anti-DEI stance.
Google is following the Trump administration’s lead on purging diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, cutting mentions of DEI from its annual report and scrapping its goal of hiring applicants from historically underrepresented backgrounds. Google ’s parent company, Alphabet, removed language stating its commitment to DEI in its annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, published Tuesday.
In his first week in office, Trump signed executive orders to place employees working on DEI initiatives on leave and to eliminate DEI programs across the federal government. He also ordered the Justice Department to identify companies engaging in “‘illegal discrimination and preferences,’ including DEI.” Since then, Meta, Amazon, Target, Walmart and others have reversed their DEI policies.
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