Deutsche Bank, has terminated business relationships due to social and political pressures. The bank will not finance oil and gas-related projects. Deutsche Bank scored a 90 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, Deutsche Bank 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. Deutsche Bank uses its reputation, corporate funds, and political influence to support controversial sex and gender ideologies, organizations, and legislation. The company provides a benefits package for employees which covers travel/lodging costs for an abortion. DWS Group is part of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative and a PCAF member, committed to carbon neutrality with its investments by 2050. Deutsche Bank supports the BLM movement and is a PGLE member. The company opposed various state and local legislation intended to protect parental rights, girls’ sports, bathroom facilities, and gendered spaces, and it supports multiple ideological organizations. For these reasons, Deutsche Bank receives a High Risk rating.