"SAP cuts diversity programmes to comply with Trump administration"

German software giant SAP will roll back several of its diversity and inclusion measures to comply with the Trump administration, a spokesperson confirmed to AFP on Sunday, in response to a press report.

An internal email seen by the Handelsblatt newspaper revealed that SAP will drop its target of having 40% female employees.

In the United States, where SAP employs 17,000 people, accounting for 16% of its global workforce and generating nearly a third of its 2024 revenue, female leadership quotas will no longer be applied. Additionally, the Walldorf-based company will no longer consider gender diversity as a factor for executive compensation. [...]

Since this announcement, SAP is one of the first major German companies to openly reverse its inclusivity policy.

In April, T-Mobile, the US subsidiary of mobile operator Deutsche Telekom, also committed to largely abandoning its DEI measures.