Following President Trump's anti -DEI Presidential Order, 19 states, Costco's top bosses have put pressure on the company's diversity, fairness, and inclusion initiative.
Last week, 98 % of Costco shareholders recommended a proposal to request a report on financial risks related to diversity after the board was unanimous and stakeholders vote against it. 。
Costco did not immediately respond to the comment request.
Costco was sent to CEO of Costco, Ron Vachris, co -led by General Ken Pakston, General Ken Pakston, Texas, and Iva Burd Corporation Brenna Bird. He accused DEI's employment policy that promoted.
The prosecutor ordered Costco to notify Costco whether to subtract the DEI policy within 30 days.
“Costco's motto is to do the right thing, but the company seems to be doing the wrong thing. It seems that the court and companies seem to be sticking to the policy that they have refused as illegal. “
Since Trump won the White House in November, accelerated last week, and after supporting the “merit -based” policy, the effort of anti -DEI has increased.
On the first day of his inauguration, Trump signed a presidential order to end all DEI missions and policies in the federal government as a whole.
The next day, he ordered that all federal employees working on these policies were paid for paid vacations and that his management was working to close their offices.
Wal -Mart, Meta, John Deer, and Tractor's supplies have returned to DEI's policy after facing severe rebound from conservative activists.
Recently, Target has announced that it has killed diversity with a large reversal of retailers who have been known for a long time with frank support for LGBTQ and minority rights.
However, Costco only doubled the DEI agenda to encourage shareholders to vote for risk assessment proposals submitted by the National Public Policy Research Center, a conservative think tank based in Washington.
In a sign of a power of attorney to investors, the Board of Directors said, “We believe that our commitment to companies rooted in respect and inclusion is appropriate and necessary. The book does not provide meaningful additional information.
The wholesale retailer claimed that they had stepped further, blamed the think tanks, and used financial risks to conceal the diversity's initiative.
“Supporters have declared concerns about legal and financial risks related to diversity -related companies and their shareholders,” Costco said. “The support statement shows that it is a supporter and other people to burden companies that have issues in many years of diversity. Instead of reducing risk, it is abolished diversity. “
