Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL)

Deloitte received a score of 100 on the 2025 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. The company recruits employees based on sexual identity issues. The company discriminates against vendors that do not promote divisive sex and gender policies, indicating it prioritizes sexual issues over merit (1)(2). The company integrates ESG into its business practices. From its 2024 GLobal Impact Report: “Engage with Deloitte’s suppliers to have 67% by emissions3 set science-based targets by 2025” (3). Deloitte’s PGLE membership reflects its commitment to vet business partners based on LGBTQ+ policies (4)(5)(6). However, the company has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (7).

Deloitte’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company will not donate to non-religious charities unless they embrace controversial sexual identity policies (1)(2). The company does not discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (3)(4).

Deloitte’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company forces employees to attend multiple, controversial trainings on gender identity, sexual orientation, transgender issues, and divisive racial ideology. The company provides gender transition guidelines for its employees and a specific benefits guide with a comprehensive explanation of transgender services funded by the company (1)(2). The company offers unconscious bias training to its employees (3). Deloitte appears to prioritize diversity over merit in all organizational levels. From its Diversity & Inclusion page: “Through increased sponsorship of women we aim at accelerating the progress towards gender diversity at each organizational level” (4). The company was a signatory of the Gender & Diversity KPI Alliance, appearing to prioritize diversity over merit in its business structure through the establishment of gender and racial targets for its leadership composition and its support of DEI in its hiring and promotions (5)(6). Deloitte’s Global Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Stacy Janiak signed Catalyst’s Champions for Change pledge, indicating its support of DEI in its leadership composition through the establishment of gender and racial targets (7)(8). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (9).

Deloitte’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company agrees to allow a controversial stakeholder group focused on sexual identity issues to dictate marketing or advertising strategy. By doing so, the company risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (1)(2). The company’s CEO Joe Ucuzoglu is a member of the Business Roundtable and signed the Business Roundtable’s 2019 Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation, which promotes stakeholder capitalism over traditional obligations to shareholders (3)(4). Deloitte’s CEO, Jason Girzadas, signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace, strategize on DEI programs/initiatives with other signatories, and engage boards of directors when developing and evaluating DEI strategies (5)(6). In June 2017, the company co-founded CEO Action, the largest CEO-driven business initiative to advance DEI in the workplace (7). Deloitte’s PGLE membership reflects its commitment to provide “tools and resources for companies to advance and implement LGBTI inclusion globally” (8)(9)(10)(11). The company signed an open letter endorsing the Equality Act, a contentious proposal to amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act by adding sexual orientation and so-called gender identity as protected categories. The legislation would, among other implications, grant biological men access to women-only spaces such as sports teams and public restrooms, and compel healthcare providers to deliver sex-denying healthcare (12). Deloitte is a Ceres Network Member, committed to carbon neutrality by 2040 (13)(14)(15). The company, a member of the Business Roundtable, signed a letter “affirming the right to vote” amidst multiple states signing election security laws (16). Deloitte is a signatory of the United Nations Standards of Conduct for Business, committing itself to fighting against discrimination toward transgender and intersex people (17). Additionally, the company, “launched the Deloitte Global 2023 LGBT+ Inclusion @ Work report… further exploring the experiences of the LGBT+ community in the workplace. In addition, in support of International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) 2024, we produced a short film featuring transgender Deloitte colleagues highlighting what TDoV—and visibility and allyship—means to them,” (18). Deloitte offers DEI consulting services (19)(20). “Deloitte told U.S. employees working with government clients to remove pronouns from their email signatures and said it would roll back its DEI goals and cease issuing diversity reports—but the firm’s United Kingdom branch told its staff diversity “remains a priority” and it would stand by its diversity goals” (21).

Deloitte provides a benefits package for employees that covers travel/lodging costs for an abortion and transgender medical procedures for covered employees and dependents, including children (1)(2). The company gives directly to Planned Parenthood (3). Deloitte’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company covers transgender related costs for its employees and their children, including paid short-term leave, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, chest surgeries, genital surgeries, medical visits and lab monitoring, travel and lodging. Additionally, the company has pledged philanthropic support of at least one organization or event that promotes sex and gender ideology. By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company increases health care costs and risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (4)(5). The company was a partner of the HRC’s Foundation (6)(7). Deloitte’s PGLE membership reflects its commitment to “operationalize” company coverage of transgender surgery and treatment and the financial support of LGBTQ organizations” (8)(9)(10)(11). The company is a Premier Tier corporate sponsor of the Trevor Project, an organization that advocates for controversial sex and gender ideology, including “gender transition” drugs and surgeries for minors, through legislation, litigation, advertising, and PR campaigns. The organization also hosts online chatrooms that allow adults to communicate with minors as young as 13 about sexually explicit topics. Adults in these chatrooms have encouraged minors to adopt transgender identities and withhold this information from their parents (12)(13)(14)(15)(16). Deloitte pledged $85 million to BLM and/or related racial equity causes (17)(18). The company is a Titanium sponsor of Out & Equal (19). Deloitte is a corporate partner of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (20). The company is a coalition member of OneTen, appearing to prioritize diversity over merit in its hiring (21)(22)(23). Deloitte is a corporate partner of Ashoka, a global network of entrepreneurs focused on widespread, systemic social and environmental change (24). The company sponsored the Cincinnati Pride in 2025 (25). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of Deloitte using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (26).

Deloitte’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company publicly advocated for controversial sex and gender ideology through local, state or federal legislation or initiatives. By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (1)(2). In 2019-2024, the company donated to the Equality PAC (3)(4). However, Deloitte has not used its lobbying for ideological purposes (5).