The German SAP software giant will eliminate several of its inclusion and diversity measures to meet the Trump administration, said one of its spokesmen to the AFP on Sunday, confirming the press information.
According to an internal email consulted by the Handelsblatt newspaper, SAP will abandon their goal of reaching 40% of women among their employees.
The fees of women in management positions will no longer apply in the United States, where SAP uses 17,000 people, or 16% of their payroll, and achieved almost a third of its turnover in 2024.
“Comply with legal requirements”
In addition, the company based in Waldorf (west of Germany) will no longer take into account the diversity of sexes as a criterion for the remuneration of its Board. His department dedicated to diversity and inclusion will also lose his autonomy to merge with another.
From the first day of his return to the White House, Donald Trump signed an executive decree that declares illegal “Dei” programs (diversity, equity, inclusion) that promote equal opportunities.
One of the first German groups to retreat
Therefore, threatens to pursue companies, Americans and foreigners, who continue to implement them. According to the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK), several German companies have received letters from the US embassy on this issue.
Since this announcement, SAP has been one of the first leading German groups to return openly to its inclusion policy. In April, T-Mobile, the American subsidiary of the mobile operator Deutsche Telekom, also pledged to largely abandon its measures ofi.
Source: BFM TV
