Endava - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Endava is Medium Risk.

Endava is Medium Risk. The company often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company elevates merit, excellence, and integrity ahead of race and identity-based policies. Endava occasionally embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues at times. This approach fails to safeguard free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

Rating Criteria

Corporate Weaponization Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Cancellations	Medium Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	High Risk
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	High Risk
Funding	Lower Risk
Political Actions	No Data

Corporate Governance and Public Policy ⓘ

Rating Criteria Detail

Criteria Risk Level Rationale

Corporate Weaponization

Criteria:

Has canceled 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:

Medium

Rationale:

Endava promotes divisive sex and gender policies. Its Supplier Code of Conduct requires international vendors to include sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression in their nondiscrimination policy (1). The company vets its vendors for diversity. From its Sustainability report: “We strive…to develop a supply chain reflective of our commitment to diversity and inclusion. We define a diverse supplier as a company which is at least 51% owned and controlled by one or more

individuals belonging to a diverse group” (2). However, Endava has not canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (3).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Endava will not give or match employee donations to “Religious groups…and organizations which are contrary to the beliefs and values of Endava”. The company’s charitable giving focus areas are “education, environment, and health” (1).

Criteria:

Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Endava offers awareness and inclusion training to its employees. It also requires its employees to review it’s DEI policy annually (1). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (2).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Endava supports DEI within its business practices, employing a Diversity Inclusion and Belonging forum. The company also hosts an “Open Conversations” forum that focuses on racial diversity (1). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its Sustainability Report: “As our organisation
continues to evolve, our focus remains on the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues that are most relevant to our business” (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Endava has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).

Criteria:

Uses corporate political actions and/or financial contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

Endava does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).