Avery Dennison 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, Avery Dennison 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. Avery Dennison 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. Avery Dennison does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees. However, the company has not publicly terminated business relationships due to views or beliefs. The company signed an open letter in support of the Equality Act and its CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge. For these reasons, Avery Dennison receives a High Risk rating.