In February 2010 the following changes happened in Covalence Ethical Ranking, as shown in the updated Ethical Snapshots and Live EthicalQuote:
Up: companies entering the top 20% of Covalence Ethical Ranking (Grade A)

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (Automobiles & Parts)

Mitsubishi i-MiEV awarded the ’Environment Special Grand Prize’ (sample of news title coded in February 2010); Mitsubishi Motors Launches [...]

Covalence Ethical Snapshots are monthly profiles of companies for finance professionals who use extra-financial information in their decision-making. These one-pagers can be ordered on a single or subscription basis, for a company, a sector or the full universe (581 companies within 18 sectors). This product is available at covalence.ch/shop, as well as on major financial [...]

Press Release | Geneva (Switzerland), 26 January 2010
IBM (Technology), Intel Corp (Technology) and HSBC Holdings (Banks) top Covalence ethical ranking among 581 multinationals within 18 sectors.
Environmental initiatives, Eco-innovative products and social sponsorships have enabled companies to generate positive coverage in 2009, while issues related to downsizing, CO2 emissions and working conditions caused the most criticisms.
New [...]

Press Release | Geneva (Switzerland), 7 October 2009
IBM (Technology), Intel Corp (Technology) and HSBC Holdings (Banks) top Covalence ethical ranking among 541 multinationals within 18 sectors.
Eco-innovative products and social sponsorships have enabled companies to generate positive coverage over the last quarter, while issues related to employment and working conditions (wages, bonuses) caused criticisms – the [...]

Press Release | Geneva (Switzerland), 5 October 2009
Pharmaceutical companies involved in consumer health activities achieve the best ethical reputation, states Geneva-based Covalence in its latest Health Care Sector Report.
Among the seven leaders of the Covalence ethical ranking in the health care sector, five companies are following a diversified business strategy and operate in consumer health [...]

Press Release | Geneva (Switzerland), 31 August 2009
It has been another bad year for the Basic Resources sector’s ethical reputation: criticisms have increased and demonstrating the social and environmental value of products remains a though challenge, states Geneva-based Covalence in a report published today.
The Basic Resources sector ranks 17th out of 18 sectors in [...]

Press Release | Geneva (Switzerland), 30 July 2009
It has been a very bad year for the ethical reputation of banks, but some outsiders moved up in the rankings, as reported by the Covalence Banking Sector Report 2009 published today.
Banks rank 18th out of 18 sectors in Covalence EthicalQuote calculated from June 2008 to May 2009.
Companies [...]

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Press Release | Geneva (Switzerland), 16 July 2009
For the first time, IBM reaches the top position in Covalence quarterly ethical ranking, published today. Following are Intel and HSBC among 541 multinationals within 18 sectors.
IBM benefited from continuous improvement over the last 3 years as well as from its recent green supply chain logistics announcements and [...]

Press Release | Geneva (Switzerland), 29 June 2009
The telecommunication sector shows a relatively small volume of ethical information but should be exposed to greater Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) challenges in the future, states a report published today by Geneva-based ethical reputation research firm Covalence in its Telecommunication Report 2009.
The telecommunication sector registers a modest volume [...]

Geneva-based Covalence is publishing today its quarterly ethical ranking covering a universe of 541 multinationals within 18 sectors.

The main results across sectors are:

> The following companies enter the top 10: IBM (3rd) and Cisco Systems (9th), replacing DuPont (11th) and Rio Tinto (13th).

> During Q1 2009 the following criteria have [...]