Fitch Group
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Fitch Group scored a 100 on the 2023 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. By complying with the HRC’s controversial demands, the company increases the risk of dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders. The company covers transgender-related medical costs for its employees and their children and provides specific sexual orientation and gender identity-based benefits. It also uses sex and gender ideology criteria in employee recruitment, vendor selection, marketing, and philanthropic support. Fitch Group forces employees to undergo multiple ideological trainings and uses its reputation, corporate funds, and political influence to support controversial sex and gender ideologies, organizations, and legislation. Fitch is a copper sponsor of Out & Equal and its CEO has signed the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge. The company has stated that it is "committed" to the proliferation of ESG practices in the private sector. For these reasons, Fitch earns a High Risk rating.