Ulta Beauty scored an 85 on the 2023 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. By complying with Human Rights Campaign’s controversial demands, Ulta Beauty 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 employee recruitment, vendor selection, marketing, and philanthropic support. Ulta Beauty 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. Ulta Beauty does not provide protections against viewpoint discrimination. However, it has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. Ulta funds multiple LGBTQ organizations and hosted transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney on its podcast to promote gender ideology. The company is a silver partner of PFLAG. For these reasons, Ulta Beauty receives a High Risk rating.