Team Members and Guests

Inclusivity is a core value at Target, and we’re proud of our work to be an open and welcoming company. Now more than ever, our value of inclusivity plays an important role in everything we do to create a welcoming culture for our team and guests. 

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At Target, we believe every team member plays a role in supporting how we champion an inclusive society, and that our work is never done.

DE&I Goals 2022 Play

Our goals

Target is committed to continuing to build a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We make data-driven goals and transparently share progress with our team. We set our goals on three-year timeframes, which provides enough time to make meaningful progress as an organization. 

Our 2022-2024 goals are designed to further our DE&I progress for our team and business.

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Headline: Inside Target’s 2019-2021 diversity, equity and inclusion progress.  
Increased officers of color representation by 33%. One in three officers at Target is a person of color. 
Significantly increased promotions for people of color by 62%. 
Increased female representation in Target India by 24%. 
Steadily increased promotions of women to senior leadership positions by 16%. 
Continued to reduce turnover among people of color, with more than a 33% decrease. 
Met our goal to spend $1.78 billion with diverse suppliers

Driving progress

Our ambitious diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) goals have helped us to recruit and retain more diverse team members, offer more products from diverse suppliers, provide support to communities of color through corporate giving and Target Foundation-led efforts and more.

Leaders are charged with achieving these goals, and we’re focused on building a team that reflects our guests, increasing advancement opportunities, reducing turnover among team members from diverse backgrounds and helping all team members have equitable experiences across the organization.

[Headline:] Where we’re going next: Target’s 2022-2024 diversity, equity and inclusion  goals 

Representation 

We’ll continue building a diverse workforce that represents the communities we serve. 

Advancement & Retention 

We’ll keep working to ensure every team member has equitable experiences and equitable access to career advancement.  

Equitable Experience 

We’ll continue creating an inclusive culture that values differences, ideas and experiences,  helping all team members feel a sense of belonging.  

Business 

We’ll keep driving equitable business decisions that increase relevance with diverse guests and support economic inclusivity.

Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

Target has leaned further into diversity, equity and inclusion through our Racial Equity Action and Change (REACH) and Target Forward efforts. In the past few years, we made commitments to accelerate our DE&I efforts through these initiatives.

REACH helps us urgently advance our diversity, equity and inclusion work specific to Black team members and guests. And Target Forward, our enterprise sustainability strategy, includes goals to create an equitable and inclusive workforce and workplace, specifically to build a team that equitably reflects the communities we serve by 2030. This puts Target in a position to leverage our strength to ensure DE&I has an even deeper impact on our team, guests and community.

Diversity & Inclusion Business Councils and Networks

Our Diversity & Inclusion Business Councils (or employee resource groups) and Networks play an integral part in driving Target’s inclusive culture as we recognize and embrace what makes us different, and alike, as individuals. 
 

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Our Business Councils include:

  • African American Business Council
  • Asian Business Council
  • Disability & Mental Health Business Council 
  • Hispanic Latino Business Council
  • Military Business Council
  • Native American & Indigenous Business Council
  • PRIDE+ Business Council
  • Women's Business Council
     

Our Networks include:

  • Ability Awareness Network
  • Christian Network
  • Cycling Network
  • Jewish Network
  • Muslim Network
  • RedGamers Network
  • Spots A Cappella
  • Parent and Family Network 
     

DE&I reporting and progress

  • Our workforce is 53% people of color and more than half (56%) are women. 
  • Nearly half of our Leadership Team is comprised of women and a quarter are people of color. 
  • Of the members of our Board of Directors, nearly 40% are women and nearly 40% are people of color.
  • Nearly half of our stores are managed by a female leader and more than a third are managed by a leader of color.
  • We have doubled the representation of company officers of color in the past five years.

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DE&I recognition

  • Target is a member of the 2023 Bloomberg Gender Equality Index 
  • DiversityInc. ranked Target on its 2022 list of the Top 50 Companies for Diversity for the 13th consecutive year. 
  • The Human Rights Campaign gave Target a score of 100 on its 2022 Corporate Equality Index.
  • Target ranked 100% on the Disability:In Disability Equality Index and earned the designation of 2022 Best Places to Work.
  • Seramount named Target to its 2022 list of Top Companies for Executive Women and 2022 Best Companies for Multicultural Women.
  • Great Places to Work recognized Target on Fortune’s list of Best Workplaces in Retail 2022, Fortune’s 100 Best Places to Work for 2022, and ranked Target #1 on PEOPLE’s list of Companies that Care 2022.
     

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