Pacific Gas & Energy (PG&E) 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. PG&E 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. PG&E uses its reputation, corporate funds, and political influence to support controversial sex and gender ideologies, organizations, and legislation. The company supports the Equality Act, a controversial bill and is a Ceres Network Member, committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2040. PG&E was the first corporate sponsor and participant in the San Francisco Pride Parade and the first major company to oppose a bill in California banning same-sex marriage. The company opposed various state and local legislation intended to protect parental rights, girls’ sports, bathroom facilities, and gendered spaces. PG&E’s CEO, Patti Poppe, signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace. The company implements annual Diversity & Inclusion Leadership workshops and learning. PG&E is a corporate partner of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) and contributed $250,000 to the San Francisco-based National Center for Lesbian Rights. PG&E donated to the Equality PAC. For these reasons, PG&E receives a High Risk rating.