Walmart is the latest major company to roll back its DEI policies amid conservative backlash

Walmart confirmed to multiple media outlets, including Bloomberg and the Associated Press, that it is making sweeping changes — including eliminating preferential treatment of suppliers based on race and gender, ending racial justice training for employees and withdrawing from the LGBTQ rights group Human Corporate Equality Rights Campaign Index.

The alleged changes were first reported on

Starbuck claimed he had “productive conversations” with Walmart executives who promised to implement these changes.

The company confirmed to Bloomberg that it had been in discussions with Starbuck, but claimed that it had previously reviewed its DEI efforts.

Aside from making changes to its DEI policies, Walmart has also agreed to monitor its online marketplace for third-party listings that Starbuck describes as “children’s sexual and/or transgender products” and remove them if necessary.

The company also told AP that it plans to review grants for Pride events to ensure it is not “financially supporting sexualized content that may be inappropriate for children.”