WMT - Tractor Supply Company Shifts Focus Retires DEI Goals Amid Backlash Emphasizes Rural America Priorities | Benzinga
Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO) eliminated DEI roles and retired its current DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) goals while ensuring a respectful environment.
The company also withdrew its carbon emission goals to focus on land and water conservation efforts, the company said in a statement.
“We have heard from customers that we have disappointed them. We have taken this feedback to heart,” the company said in the statement.
Tractor Supply is also planning to further focus on rural American priorities, including ag education, animal welfare, veteran causes, and being a good neighbor, and stop sponsoring nonbusiness activities like pride festivals and voting campaigns.
The decisions, following weeks of social media criticism from ...