{"id":4703,"date":"2010-07-07T00:25:53","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T23:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/?p=4703"},"modified":"2010-07-07T09:49:01","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T08:49:01","slug":"working-conditions-vs-green-products-covalence-ethicalquote-ranking-q2-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2010\/07\/07\/working-conditions-vs-green-products-covalence-ethicalquote-ranking-q2-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Conditions vs. Green Products &#8211; Covalence EthicalQuote Ranking Q2 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/shop\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4713\" title=\"100707_rankingQ2-2010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/100707_rankingQ2-2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>During the last quarter many criticisms have been registered in the Working Conditions criteria group, which registers the poorer positive \/ negative ratio (0.6) \u2014 the most active criteria in this group were Labour Standards and Wages.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, the Impact of Product criteria group received the most compliments and the highest ratio (6.5) \u2014 the most active criteria were: Information to Consumers, Eco Innovative Product, and Product Environmental Risk.<\/p>\n<p>Sectors which are the most represented among leaders of Covalence EthicalQuote Ranking (first quintile, grade A) are: Technology, Food &amp; Beverages, Retail, and Personal &amp; Household Goods. Sectors which are the least\u00c2\u00a0 represented are: Media, Insurance, Basic Resources, and Oil &amp; Gas.<\/p>\n<p>Companies generating the highest volume of information during the last quarter are : BP, Wal-Mart, Ford, Google, and Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn).<\/p>\n<p>3 Technology and 2 Food &amp; Beverage companies currently lead CovalenceEthicalQuote Ranking across sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Covalence EthicalQuote Ranking tracks the ethical reputation of 581 large companies within 18 sectors. It combines the EthicalQuote (measure of popularity) and the scores calculated in each criteria group (measure of diversified performance).<\/p>\n<p>Companies are ranked within each sector, as well as on a cross-sector basis. This ranking is built on web-based public information. Calculation starts in 2002.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More on Covalence EthicalQuote Ranking Q2 2010: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Covalence EthicalQuote Ranking has been published annually and quarterly  since 2005. From July 2010 on,  the results of Covalence EthicalQuote Ranking are available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/shop\/\">Ethical Snapshots<\/a> which  can be purchased on a single basis or as annual subscription, for a  company, a sector, or the entire universe.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/shop\/\">Ethical Snapshots<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/docs\/CovalenceEthicalQuoteRankingQ22010_PressRelease_07.07.2010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Press Release (.pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Covalence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Covalence runs EthicalQuote, the ethical reputation scoring system  and   CSR news database tracking the world\u2019s largest companies. We  produce the  widely recognized <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/index.php\/ethical-rankings\/\">Covalence    EthicalQuote Ranking<\/a> and offer  reputation research and ESG   ratings to corporates, investors, and  non  profits.<\/p>\n<p>Covalence research is also available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg<\/a>: COVA  &lt;GO&gt; ; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitaliq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Capital  IQ<\/a>: Covalence SA, Research Division; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarkets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">TheMarkets.com<\/a>:   Covalence.<\/p>\n<p>The EthicalQuote scoring system has brought the following   recognitions and awards to Covalence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ethisphere.com\/2009s-100-most-influential-people-in-business-ethics\/#75\" target=\"_blank\">Ethisphere 2009\u2019s 100 Most Influential People in   Business Ethics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2005\/10\/26\/covalence-finalist-social-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2005-in-switzerland\" target=\"_blank\">Finalist Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2005   Switzerland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/etat.geneve.ch\/dt\/developpement-durable\/laureats_2004-218-2230-4559.html\" target=\"_blank\">Prix cantonal du d\u00e9veloppement durable 2004 (Geneva)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The EthicalQuote scoring system is a reputation index based on  quantifying qualitative data, which is classified according to 45  criteria such as labour standards, waste management, product social  utility or human rights policy. It is a barometer of how multinationals  are perceived in the  ethical field.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by stock quotes, EthicalQuote integrates thousands of  positive and negative news items found among media, companies, blogs,  NGOs and other online sources. The documents are coded, quantified and  synthesized into curves and volumes.<\/p>\n<p>Covalence is a limited company based in Geneva, Switzerland, founded  in 2001.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Press contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Covalence SA Antoine Mach, Direction &amp; Research<\/p>\n<p>Tel: +41 (0)22 800 08 55; <a href=\"mailto:antoine.mach@ethicalquote.com\">antoine.mach@ethicalquote.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sales contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Covalence SA Marc Rochat, Marketing &amp; Sales<\/p>\n<p>Tel: +41 (0)22 800 08 55; <a href=\"mailto:marc.rochat@covalence.ch\">marc.rochat@<\/a><a href=\"mailto:antoine.mach@ethicalquote.com\">ethicalquote.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the last quarter many criticisms have been registered in the Working Conditions criteria group, which registers the poorer positive \/ negative ratio (0.6) \u2014 the most active criteria in this group were Labour Standards and Wages. 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