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.

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 diversity, equity & inclusion (DE&I) progress for our team and business.

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.

Progress highlights: 

• 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.

Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

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

REACH helps us advance our DE&I 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 communities.

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.