2025-03-06T12:48:42Z Read in app Salesforce has become the latest tech firm to row back diversity goals. Eric Risberg /AP This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.Have an account? Salesforce has dropped diversity hiring targets from it's most recent annual financial disclosures. The company also removed references to diversity and inclusion as core company values.Salesforce joins the likes of Amazon, Google, Meta, and Walmart in rolling back DEI programs.Salesforce is the latest tech giant to abandon explicit diversity hiring targets. This comes in the wake of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump in January aimed at dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion programs within the federal government and its contractors.The San Francisco-based software giant filed its annual financial disclosures on Wednesday. The company removed language that outlined how some executive compensation was tied to employee diversity measures. The latest disclosures also omit explicit language describing diversity and inclusion as core company values, focusing solely on equality. "While we are not specifying representation goals, we remain committed to our core value of equality," a Salesforce spokesperson told Bloomberg when asked about the company's hiring process.Salesforce emphasized in the filing that its commitment to equality is "firmly rooted in compliance with federal law and other applicable laws and regulations in the regions in which we operate."In its filings, the company states: "We value the equality of every individual at our company and in our communities and are dedicated to fostering a workplace that complies with these protections, creating an inclusive culture where every individual feels seen, heard and valued."Salesforce's CEO Marc Benioff has previously set a high standard for supporting LGBTQ+ employees. In an interview with Axios last month, Benioff said, "If someone is going to come after our employees and discriminate against them in any way, we will do everything we can to help them."The rollback places Salesforce among several other major companies, including Amazon, Google, Walmart, Meta, Deloitte, and KPMG, who have recently scaled back or entirely discontinued diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. In a memo to staff in December, Amazon said it was "winding down outdated programs and materials" related to diversity and inclusion. The company also scrubbed prior references to diversity and inclusion from it's 2024 annual report released in February. Google removed hiring goals explicitly linked to diversity representation and Meta shuttered its DEI team and training programs. The leaked internal memo from Meta specifically references the shifting political and legal landscape around DEI policies. Business Insider has reported previously that since mid-2024 more than 20 major companies have rolled back DEI initiatives in the US.Salesforce representatives did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.