Clorox scored an 85 out of 100 on the 2023-2024 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 provides a benefits package for employees which covers transgender medical procedures for covered employees and dependents, including children. It also uses sex and gender ideology criteria in employee recruitment, vendor selection, and philanthropic support. Clorox provides unconscious bias education and training for its employees. The company supports the Equality Act and claimed social media must do more to censor "hate speech." Clorox’s CEO Linda Rendle is a member of the Business Roundtable, which supports stakeholder capitalism over traditional shareholder obligations. The company’s CEO, Linda Randle, signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace. Clorox has also donated to Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). For these reasons, Clorox receives a Medium Risk rating.