( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “companies across industries.” Farm equipment maker John Deere says it will no longer sponsor “social or cultural awareness” events. [CutID: <Cuts> JOHN-DEERE-INCLUSION-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 27s Title: JOHN-DEERE-INCLUSION-house-q-THUam Out-cue: companies across industries] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. —————————— VERBATIM: The announcement makes the agricultural machinery manufacturer one of the latest […]
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John Deere ends support of ‘social or cultural awareness’ events
( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “companies across industries.”
Farm equipment maker John Deere says it will no longer sponsor “social or cultural awareness” events.
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Time: 27s
Title: JOHN-DEERE-INCLUSION-house-q-THUam
Out-cue: companies across industries]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: The announcement makes the agricultural machinery manufacturer one of the latest U.S. companies to distance itself from diversity and inclusion measures. Deere’s move arrives just weeks after rural retailer Tractor Supply ended an array of its corporate diversity and climate efforts. While the companies’ responses differed, both were made amid a wider backdrop of conservative backlash that has been targeting companies across industries.