Corona Brewer Constellation Curbs DEI After Activist Attack

Constellation Brands Inc., the company behind Modelo Especial and Corona beer, is watering down its supplier diversity program and renaming its DEI team.

The Rochester, New York-based company will also end participation in surveys for LGBTQ advocacy group the Human Rights Campaign and end lobbying efforts that aren’t core to its business, a spokesperson for Constellation said.

Constellation had been considering changes to its diversity, equity and inclusion programs and planned to announce them as early as this month, the spokesperson said, as president Donald Trump ramps up his efforts to root out DEI from American companies and institutions.

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