McDonald’s is the latest US corporation — and among the largest — to back off some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices, as a Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action and conservative backlash to those programs continues to lead businesses to reevaluate their diversity pledges.

McDonald's is the latest large corporation to announce that it's unwinding some of its diversity initiatives. The fast-food giant on Monday said in a companywide memo posted on it website that it's changing its approach to "inclusion" at the company,

McDonald’s is ending some of its diversity practices, citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision outlawing affirmative action in college admissions.

McDonald's said Monday that it planned to retire specific goals for achieving diversity at senior leadership levels.

The fast-food giant said it will no longer set “aspirational representation goals” and will no longer require suppliers to sign DEI

The initiatives include the company’s DEI pledge for suppliers and its demographic-based representational goals.

McDonald's on Monday said it is rolling back some of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Why it matters: Backlash against corporate DEI efforts appears to be intensifying ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration.