The automaker is the most recent target of an anti-DEI push spearheaded by conservative activist Robby Starbuck. Since June, a mounting number of companies have pulled back on their corporate commitments to diversity,

Toyota has become the latest automaker to cut back on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The company appears to want to avoid a “highly politicized discussion” about the issue as well as possible boycotts.

Toyota Motor Corp., will refocus DEI programs and halt sponsorship of LGBTQ events, citing “a highly politicized discussion” around corporate commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion.Most Read f

CNBC's Becky Quick reports on the latest news.