Citigroup has fired employees for political beliefs and led the financial industry in canceling business relationships with the firearm industry. Citigroup 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, Citigroup 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. Citigroup provides a benefits package for employees which covers travel/lodging costs for an abortion and transgender medical procedures for covered employees and dependents, including children. The company 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. Citigroup is a member of the Net Zero Banking Alliance, the Ceres Network, and PCAF, committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2040. The company's CEO is a signatory of the Business Roundtable's 2019 Statement on the Purpose of Corporation, which promotes stakeholder capitalism over traditional shareholder obligations. The company opposed various state and local legislation intended to protect parental rights, girls’ sports, bathroom facilities, and gendered spaces. Citigroup is a bronze partner of PFLAG. Citigroup is a member of the MCCA, indicating its focus on recruiting, retaining, and promoting employees based on race. For these reasons, Citigroup receives a High Risk rating.