“We’ve been on a journey and know we aren’t perfect, but every decision comes from a place of wanting to foster a sense of belonging, to open doors to opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers and to be a Walmart for everyone,” Walmart told The Hill in a statement.
The changes come after a pressure campaign led by conservative activist Robby Starbuck.
“Last week I told execs at @Walmart that I was doing a story on wokeness there. Instead we had productive conversations to find solutions,” Starbuck said.
Walmart Inc. sourced more than $13.1 billion in goods and services from diverse suppliers in 2020, it said, after protests broke out across the country following the death of George Floyd, who was murdered by a police officer.
“We’ve now changed policy at companies worth over $2 Trillion dollars, with many millions of employees who have better workplace environments as a result,” Starbuck continued in his post.
“I’m happy to have secured these changes before Christmas when shoppers have very few large retail brands they can spend money with who aren’t pushing woke policies,” he wrote.
The company’s CEO Doug McMillon said the corporation would focus on supporting small businesses.
“Every year we really focus on made in the USA, about two thirds of what we sell is either made, grown or assembled right here in the United States,” he said during an appearance on "CBS Mornings."
The Hill's Ashleigh Fields has more here.
