The Neiman Marcus Group scored a 100 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 Neiman Marcus Group (Neiman Marcus), increases the risk of dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders. It also uses sex and gender ideology criteria in employee recruitment, vendor selection, marketing, and philanthropic support. Neiman Marcus 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 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. Following riots in 2020 which damaged one of its stores, Neiman Marcus encouraged BLM supporters to paint on the boarded windows in support of BLM. Neiman Marcus Group’s CEO, Geoffrey van Raemdonck, signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace. The company is a gold sponsor of the HRC. For these reasons, Neiman Marcus receives a High Risk rating.