Amazon cuts reference to diversity from the annual report week after the end of Dei

Amazon abolished a reference to “inclusion and diversity” in his annual report presented on Thursday after telling employees in a December memorandum that he was subtracting diversity programs as part of the broader withdrawal of America’s corporations from such policies .

For the last two years, Amazon’s “Human Capital” section for his annual report said: “While we try to be the best land employer, we focus on investment and innovation, involvement and diversity, security and commitment to employ and developed the best talent ”

In the 2024 version, that sentence is cut.

The company also cuts a reference for a goal to “promote capital” in a sentence about continuous efforts to refine employment and development of employees.

Amazon did not respond immediately to a comment request.

Some of America’s biggest businesses have been crossing their diversity initiatives, years after promoting more comprehensive policies in the wake of protests against the killings of George Floyd’s police and other black Americans in 2020.

President Trump and his administration have aimed at the policies of diversity, equality and inclusion (Dei) inside and outside the government. Prosecutor General Pam Bondi on Wednesday in a note for staff said that the Department of Justice “will investigate, eliminate and penalize” illegal diversity programs in the private sector.

Twelve state lawyers included in New York, California and Washington last week issued a joint statement saying they are “committed to the implementation of federal and state laws of civil rights to protect” workers from discriminatory practices after Trump removed Dei’s positions in the federal government.

Large technology companies Meta The Alphabet platforms and Google are among the companies that have supported such programs in the face of attacks by conservative groups, which have threatened to sue firms.

The Disney 2024 annual report, which was published in September, was removed from its reimagine Tomorrow program, which was an online space for the “amplification of sub -voices” representing some of the diversity, Equality and commitments and actions of Disney involvement. However, she added a dei initiative to hire US military veterans.