Experian
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Experian 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, Experian 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. Experian 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. The company is a Titanium Sponsor of Out & Equal and a corporate partner of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Experian has also supported the National Urban League (NUL) but has not used its political contributions for ideological purposes. For these reasons, Experian receives a High Risk rating.