As the Trump administration takes aim at diversity, equity and inclusion, major retailers are dialing it back. However, Costco swam against the tide at its shareholder meeting.

As anti-DEI directives are spilling out of the White House from the Trump administration, the wholesale retailer’s shareholders voted decisively to reject a conservative proposal. With a swath of anti-DEI and other executive orders spilling out of the White House during the first week of Trump’s second term,

Costco's shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal that called for assessing the risk of keeping its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in place.