Nordstrom 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, Nordstrom 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. Nordstrom 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. America First Legal filed a letter with the EEOC requesting a civil rights investigation into Nordstrom over discriminatory practices in hiring. Nordstrom pledged $5 million to BLM and related causes. Nordstrom is a gold partner of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and has supported the Equality Act. Nordstrom opposed various state-level bills, such as an election security bill in Georgia. The company opposed various state and local legislation intended to protect parental rights, girls’ sports, bathroom facilities, and gendered spaces. Nordstrom denounced various states’ legislative efforts to protect election integrity and security. For these reasons, Nordstrom receives a High Risk rating.