Starbucks, a coffeehouse chain, fired an employee in 2020 for refusing to wear a Pride t-shirt because it went against her religious beliefs. Starbucks 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, Starbucks 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. Starbucks 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. Starbucks discriminates against religious nonprofits and uses the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to vet charities. Starbucks is a corporate partner of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and funds Planned Parenthood. The company provides a benefits package for employees which covers travel/lodging costs for an abortion and is a Ceres Network Member, committed to carbon neutrality by 2040. Starbucks supports the Equality Act. America First Legal filed a letter with the EEOC requesting a civil rights investigation into Starbucks over discriminatory practices in hiring. The company mandated racial bias training for all its employees and its CEO is a member of the Business Roundtable. The company opposed various state and local legislation intended to protect parental rights, girls’ sports, bathroom facilities, and gendered spaces. For these reasons, Starbucks receives a High Risk rating.