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Not Just Target: Walmart’s ESG Efforts Focus on Catering to LGBT Agenda

ESG guidelines reward retailers for not just selling LGBT merchandise but buying from such suppliers

Not Just Target: Walmart’s ESG Efforts Focus on Catering to LGBT Agenda
Customers shop at a Walmart Supercenter in Rogers, Ark., on June 6, 2013. Rick Wilking/Reuters
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
Reporter
5/29/2023|Updated: 5/30/2023
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Similar to Target, Walmart’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report reveals that the company makes special provisions for LGBT groups, including specifically sourcing supplies from people professing such identities.

Target has been the focus of boycott calls due to offering Pride products this year aimed at children. Target’s 2022 ESG report (pdf) shows that at least 51 percent of its suppliers are “owned, controlled and operated by women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, veterans or people with disabilities.” In addition, 59 percent of their Pride Month assortment was created by LGBT creators and brands.
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
Reporter
Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.
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