Bloomberg LP

Bloomberg received a score of 100 on the 2025 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. The company recruits employees based on sexual identity issues. The company discriminates against vendors that do not promote divisive sex and gender policies, indicating it prioritizes sexual issues over merit (1)(2). However, the company has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (3)(4).

Bloomberg’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company will not donate to non-religious charities unless they embrace controversial sexual identity policies (1)(2). Bloomberg does not appear to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving. The company‘s charitable goals are to “help our most vulnerable and marginalized neighbors, promote a more inclusive global economy, expand access to data and technology, and support diverse voices in the media and the arts” (3)(4).

Bloomberg HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company forces employees to attend multiple, controversial trainings on gender identity, sexual orientation, transgender issues, and divisive racial ideology. The company provides gender transition guidelines for its employees and a specific benefits guide with a comprehensive explanation of transgender services funded by the company (1)(2). The company offers unconscious bias training to its employees (3). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its recruitment. From its 2023 Impact Report: “Every Bloomberg department maintains a D&I plan that supports strategies for recruitment and progression.” The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its hiring: “And by investing in technology, systems and processes to promote diverse hiring and strengthening our leadership and talent development programs, we’re working to measurably improve the representation and advancement of underrepresented talent across the company.” The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its supply chain: “In 2023, our Procurement team’s Supplier Diversity Task Force partnered with an industry leader in supplier diversity solutions to access additional data and tools that support our efforts to identify and work with more small and diverse suppliers.” The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its mentoring: “We also expanded our D&I Engineering programs aimed at upskilling and mentoring Black and Latinx talent in the U.S.” (4). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (5).

Bloomberg’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company agrees to allow a controversial stakeholder group focused on sexual identity issues to dictate marketing or advertising strategy. By doing so, the company risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (1)(2). Bloomberg opposed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, which would prohibit teaching gender identity and sexual orientation to kids in K-3rd grade (3). The company signed an open letter endorsing the Equality Act, a contentious proposal to amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act by adding sexual orientation and so-called gender identity as protected categories. The legislation would, among other implications, grant biological men access to women-only spaces such as sports teams and public restrooms, and compel healthcare providers to deliver sex-denying healthcare (4). Bloomberg was part of the Freedom for All Americans coalition, which advocated for federal legislation that would overrule state laws designed to protect girls’ sports and similar laws (5). Its Chairman Peter T. Grauer is a signatory to CEOs For Gun Safety (6). Bloomberg opposed various state and local legislation intended to protect parental rights, girls’ sports, bathroom facilities, and gendered spaces (7). The company opposed legislation in Iowa intended to protect parental rights, girls’ sports, bathroom facilities, and gendered spaces (8). Bloomberg signed an amicus brief in opposition to the 2016 North Carolina bathroom bill HB2, which required people to use the bathroom of their biological sex (9). The company is a Ceres Network Member, committed to carbon neutrality by 2040 (10)(11)(12). The company is committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 (13). The company supports DEI within its business practices, employing a Global Head of D&I (14). The company supports DEI within its business practices. From its 2023 Impact Report: “Bloomberg’s global diversity and inclusion (D&I) strategy focuses on achieving business excellence by fostering a true culture of inclusion through leadership support, allyship and advocacy” (15). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its 2023 Impact Report: “Our Enterprise Risk Management and Procurement teams continued to further integrate ESG considerations into their strategies” (16). The company scored a 90 out of 100 on the 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group (17)(18).

Bloomberg provides a benefits package for employees that covers travel/lodging costs for an abortion and transgender medical procedures for covered employees and dependents, including children (1)(2)(3)(4)(5). Bloomberg’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company covers transgender related costs for its employees and their children, including paid short-term leave, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, chest surgeries, genital surgeries, medical visits and lab monitoring, travel and lodging. Additionally, the company has pledged philanthropic support of at least one organization or event that promotes sex and gender ideology. By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company increases health care costs and risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (6)(7). Bloomberg is a bronze partner of PFLAG, an LGBTQ+ activist group that promotes books for children with sexually explicit and gender fluid content and advocates against laws that inform parents of their child’s gender dysphoria or prevent unapproved transgender medical treatments for minors (8)(9)(10). Bloomberg is a sponsor of Out in Tech, an LGBTQ-focused nonprofit that advances DEI-style inclusion initiatives that aim to increase LGBTQ+ representation in the technology industry through recruiting, workforce development and networking initiatives. The organization partners with corporations to advance LGBTQ+ inclusion initiatives and integrate LGBTQ+ representation goals into talent development and employee engagement strategies (11)(12)(13)(14). In 2021, the company donated $200,000 to Ceres Inc (15). In 2022, the company donated $2,700,000 to Ceres Inc (16). In 2023, the company donated $2,700,000 to Ceres Inc (17). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of Bloomberg using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (18).

Bloomberg’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company publicly advocated for controversial sex and gender ideology through local, state or federal legislation or initiatives. By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (1)(2). Bloomberg does not operate a PAC at this time but has not lobbied for ideological purposes (3)(4)(5).