Interactive Investor

United Kingdom
Commercial and Professional Services, Diversified Financials

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Interactive Investor is a British online investment service. Interactive Investor was acquired in 2022 by Abrdn, a Scottish global investment company. Though Abrdn does provide protections against viewpoint discrimination, neither Abrdn nor Interactive Investor has publicly terminated employees or suppliers due to political differences. The two companies have also avoided lending any endorsement or funding to ideological organizations hostile to freedom of expression. For these reasons, Interactive Investor earns a Lower Risk rating.

Criteria
Risk Level
Rationale
Corporate Weaponization
Criteria

Has denied service to customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

Risk Level
Rationale

Neither Interactive Investor nor Abrdn has unfairly terminated business relationships due to ideological differences.

Criteria

Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

Risk Level
Rationale

Interactive Investor does not have an independent charitable giving program. However, Abrdn does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving (1).

Criteria

Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.

Risk Level
Rationale

Interactive Investor parent company Abrdn does not provide protections from viewpoint discrimination (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

Neither Interactive Investor nor Abrdn has endorsed ideological causes.

Criteria

Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

Neither Interactive Investor nor Abrdn dispensed corporate funds to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression. Abrdn has an ESG-focused page on its site, though its ESG practices are limited in scope and make no commitments to ideologically-charged organizations or movements (1).

Criteria

Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Neither Abrdn nor Interactive Investor has a PAC.

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July 19, 2023

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