Google joins US companies that abandon the diversity recruitment objectives

Google has become the last great American firm to discuss its objectives to recruit more workers from underrepresented groups, understands BBC News.

The decision to abandon the recruitment objectives of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) occurs after the company carried out an annual review of its corporate policies.

The technology giant is also reviewing some of its other Dei programs.

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, and his allies have regularly attacked Dei’s policies. From his return to the White House just over two weeks ago, Trump has ordered government agencies to eliminate such initiatives.

“We are committed to creating a workplace where all our employees can succeed and have equal opportunities,” said a Google spokesman.

“We have updated our language (Annual Investor Report) to reflect this, and as a federal contractor, our teams are also evaluating the required changes after recent judicial decisions and executive orders on this issue.”

The story was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

Between 2021 and 2024, the reports of Google investors declared their commitment to make “diversity, equity and inclusion part of everything we do.” That line is not in its latest report, which was published on Wednesday.

In recent years, Google had been an open defender of Dei’s objectives, particularly after George Floyd murder in 2020 and the protests that followed his death.

At that time, the executive director of Google, Sussian Pichai, established a five -year objective to increase the number of their leaders who came from underrepresented groups by 30%.

According to the company, the number of black people in leadership roles almost doubled between 2020 and last year. Google also said that he has seen increases from women and Latin people among his leadership.

Google is the last important company in making a change of U on its diversity policies.

Goal, Amazon, Pepsi, McDonald’s, Walmart and others have Stirred its Dei programs.

Apple has stood out pushing back against this trend. Last month, the Technological Giant Board asked investors to vote against a proposal to end their diversity policies.

The proposal of the Conservative Group, the National Public Policy Research Center (NCPPR), asked the iPhone manufacturer to abolish their DEI policies, saying that they expose companies to “litigation, reputational and financial risks.”

Last week, the objective of the retail chain was sued by a group of shareholders, led by the Police Pension Fund of the City of Riviera Beach in Florida, who said that the company had disappointed them to the allegedly hiding the risks associated with His policies ofi.

The demand referred to a 2023 reaction on the LGBTQ+ merchandise in its stores, which caused both its sales and the price of its shares to fall.

The lawsuit occurred after Target announced that he would end his objectives ofi.

In the last example of the disapproval of such Trump administration policies, The president of the United States last week speculatedWithout giving evidence, which Dei had led to a plane crash in Washington DC.

The comments, which arrived less than 24 hours after the accident, were in line with the White House efforts to undo such programs.