* Coca-Cola and PepsiCo were preparing to comply with Trump’s executive order that sought to ban DEI programs as both receive government contracts, Bloomberg reported; Coca-Cola’s changes will likely be disclosed in future Securities and Exchange Commission filings, according to the report, and PepsiCo’s latest filing removed references to its “diverse workforce” and DEI.
The Good:
Costco
Apple
Delta Airlines
Cisco
Deutsche Bank
NFL
Coca-Cola**
** Coca-Cola warned in an annual filing that abandoning DEI could hurt business, stating its diverse employee base “helps drive a culture of inclusion, innovation and growth,” and if the company’s employees don’t reflect the “broad range of consumers and markets we serve around the world, our business could be negatively affected.”
There is a lot more context and there are varying levels of shittyness, so it’s worth reading if that matters to you. To me, it’s all the same.
That was the biggest surprise to me. I’m guessing the fear of retribution drove the decision for some, but others found an opportunity to make the changes
The Bad:
Topline Citigroup
PepsiCo
JPMorgan Chase
Morgan Stanley
Coca-Cola*
Goldman Sachs
Disney
Deloitte (US)
PBS
Google
GE
Intel
PayPal
Chipotle
Comcast
Accenture
Amazon
Amtrak
The Smithsonian Institution
Target
The FBI
Meta
McDonald’s
Walmart
Boeing
Molson Coors
Lowe’s
Ford Motor Co.
Jack Daniel’s manufacturer, Brown-Forman
Harley-Davidson
John Deere
* Coca-Cola and PepsiCo were preparing to comply with Trump’s executive order that sought to ban DEI programs as both receive government contracts, Bloomberg reported; Coca-Cola’s changes will likely be disclosed in future Securities and Exchange Commission filings, according to the report, and PepsiCo’s latest filing removed references to its “diverse workforce” and DEI.
The Good:
Costco
Apple
Delta Airlines
Cisco
Deutsche Bank
NFL
Coca-Cola**
** Coca-Cola warned in an annual filing that abandoning DEI could hurt business, stating its diverse employee base “helps drive a culture of inclusion, innovation and growth,” and if the company’s employees don’t reflect the “broad range of consumers and markets we serve around the world, our business could be negatively affected.”
There is a lot more context and there are varying levels of shittyness, so it’s worth reading if that matters to you. To me, it’s all the same.
Even NPR…lol
That was the biggest surprise to me. I’m guessing the fear of retribution drove the decision for some, but others found an opportunity to make the changes
So… All of them. Gotcha.
Yea… It looks like Coca-Cola hasn’t officially done the deed yet, but it’s assumed they have or will.