Sysco scored a 75 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, Sysco increases the risk of dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders. The company covers transgender-related medical costs for its employees and their children. It also uses sex and gender ideology criteria in vendor selection and marketing. Sysco 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 supports the Equality Act, a controversial bill. Sysco resisted pressure to issue a comment on the Texas election security law. CEO Kevin Hourican is a member of the Business Roundtable, which supports stakeholder capitalism over traditional shareholder obligations. The company opposed various state and local legislation intended to protect parental rights, girls’ sports, bathroom facilities, and gendered spaces. Sysco’s CEO, Kevin P. Hourican, 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 corporate partner of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. However, Sysco does not discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs. The company has not used its political contributions for ideological purposes. For these reasons, Sysco receives a Medium Risk rating.