Confirmed? Disney CEO Bob Iger Ends Diversity Initiative Months Before Termination

Disney Scraps Supplier Diversity Program After Years of Prioritizing Identity-Based Contractors

The Walt Disney Company has officially ended its Disney Supplier Diversity initiative, a program previously designed to prioritize contracts with vendors based on factors such as race, gender, identity, veteran status, and disability. The change comes quietly but marks a major shift away from a policy that shaped vendor selection across the company’s theme parks, media divisions, and merchandise operations. The post Disney Scraps Supplier Divers…

Confirmed? Disney CEO Bob Iger Ends Diversity Initiative Months Before Termination

The Walt Disney Company has reportedly discontinued its Supplier Diversity program, a longstanding initiative aimed at broadening the representation of women-, minority-, LGBTQIA+-, veteran-, and disabled-owned businesses within the company’s supply chain. The decision marks a significant shift for Disney, which has publicly emphasized diversity and inclusion as a core component of its corporate values in recent years with CEO Bob Iger at the he…

Disney’s Diversity Program Officially Retired in Iger-Led Shakeup : Disney Fanatic

In a move that may surprise some industry observers, The Walt Disney Company has reportedly discontinued its Supplier Diversity initiative—a program designed to expand opportunities for women-, minority-, LGBTQIA+-, veteran-, and disabled-owned businesses across Disney’s sprawling supply chain. Credit: Disney The initiative, which had been a cornerstone of Disney’s procurement strategy for years, allowed underrepresented businesses to compete fo…

Disney CEO Bob Iger Axes Diversity Program Ahead of Full Rollback

In a move that’s sending ripples through the business side of the Disney empire, The Walt Disney Company has quietly ended its Supplier Diversity initiative. This isn’t just corporate housekeeping—this was the program that gave women-, minority-, LGBTQIA+-, veteran-, and disabled-owned businesses a real shot at working with one of the world’s most powerful brands. And now, it’s gone. Credit: Disney For years, Disney’s Supplier Diversity program …