Some Walmart shareholders say the retailer hasn't offered a good business case for canceling its diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Walmart isn’t alone in backtracking on its DEI programs. Other brands scaling down or dropping their DEI efforts include Meta, Amazon, Molson Coors, Tractor Supply, Caterpillar, John Deere, Lowe’s, Ford, Toyota and Harley-Davidson.

Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell is pushing back against Walmart’s plans to do away with its DEI practices, urging the world’s largest retailer to maintain the strategies which she says “benefit

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined a coalition of 13 other attorneys general in a letter urging Walmart to reconsider its plans to back away from its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

A group of more than 30 shareholders representing $266 billion in funds has asked Walmart Inc. to explain its business case for retreating on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, describing the decision as “disheartening.