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Coors ditches DEI initiatives | wkyc.com [Video]

Molson Coors is the seventh major company in the past month to rollback their DEI initiatives.

DENVER — Molson Coors, a Colorado-based beer company, has become the latest to scale back its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. In a letter sent to employees last week, the company outlined “the next steps of their culture journey,” leaving local LGBTQ+ organizations uncertain about what the changes will mean for the future.

With more than 900 employees in Colorado — 848 at the Golden Brewery and 85 at Blue Moon RiNo — Molson Coors is now the seventh major company, joining Ford Motor Co., John Deere, Lowe’s and others in the past month to announce a rollback of its DEI efforts and withdraw from third-party rankings of corporate equality.

“When you don’t have that third party entity to kind of be able to hold a corporation accountable, it’s concerning,” said Nadine Bridges from One Colorado, an LGBTQ+ advocacy organization. 

Bridges recalled the rush of companies …

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