{"id":8255,"date":"2013-09-02T10:16:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T09:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/?p=8255"},"modified":"2013-09-06T11:08:59","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T10:08:59","slug":"esg-news-review-24-30-august-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2013\/09\/02\/esg-news-review-24-30-august-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"ESG News Review 24 \u2014 30 August 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wal-Mart has been the most praised company last week as it opened-up healthcare benefits to employees\u2019 same-sex partners, which The Newsweek\/Daily Beast\u2019s Daniel Gross describes as a “corporate shift”. Nissan and Ford also received positive coverage for creating jobs in the U.S., while Peugeot presented a new hybrid car.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Tokyo Electric Power Co. was again the most criticized company, because of radioactive water leaking from the Fukushima nuclear plant. A court settlement ordered Facebook to pay $20m to settle Sponsored Stories privacy breach, and McDonald’s Corp. was criticized as many US fast-food workers went on strike in protest at low wages.<\/p>\n

The most praised<\/strong> companies last week were: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Caixa d Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Ford Motor Co., and Peugeot S.A.<\/p>\n

And the most criticized<\/strong> were: Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc., Facebook, Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., McDonald’s Corp., and Bank of America Corporation.<\/p>\n

The tag cloud below shows words found in news about these companies.
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\"ESG<\/a><\/p>\n

Words found in news about most praised and most criticized companies last week<\/span><\/p>\n

This weekly review has been produced using the EthicalQuote reputation index run by Covalence, which tracks 2800 companies worldwide. It gives a summary of positive and negative news published last week about Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), ethics and sustainability.<\/p>\n

The EthicalQuote reputation index integrates thousands of news pieces gathered online and classified according to 50 ESG criteria<\/a> inspired by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)<\/a>, and to their positive or negative sentiment.<\/p>\n

The next heatmap represents the sentiment calculated for each of the 50 criteria last week. The 50 criteria are embedded into 7 groups, following the structure of the GRI. The color indicates the ratio of positive news \/ total news.<\/p>\n

\"ESG<\/a><\/p>\n

Ratio of positive news \/ total news for 50 criteria last week 0 % \"countryofactionBAR130610_70\"<\/a> 100 %
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

The map below represents countries where action described in the news takes place, the color reflecting the ratio of positive news \/ total news for each active country using last week’s data.<\/p>\n

\"ESG<\/a><\/p>\n

Ratio of positive news \/ total news 0 %<\/span> \"countryofactionBAR130610_70\"<\/a> 100 %<\/span><\/p>\n

In terms of volume of information USA, Japan, France, South Africa, UK, Spain, Germany, and China.<\/p>\n

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\n Last week statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Positives<\/td>\n764<\/td>\nCompanies<\/td>\n293<\/td>\nCountries<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Negatives<\/td>\n1491<\/td>\nMostly praised<\/td>\n143<\/td>\nSources<\/td>\n436<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n2255<\/td>\nMostly criticized<\/td>\n143<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Positives \/ Total<\/td>\n34%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

These figures show the activity in Covalence EthicalQuote database during the week of 24 – 30 August 2013.<\/span>
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\nHistorical statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\"HistoryChartRatio_130812\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Positives<\/td>\n339794<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Negatives<\/td>\n194647<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n534441<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sources<\/td>\n35098<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Start<\/td>\n01.01.2002<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
End<\/td>\n30.08.2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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