{"id":8592,"date":"2014-02-10T12:29:10","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T11:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/?p=8592"},"modified":"2014-02-10T12:45:21","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T11:45:21","slug":"esg-news-review-1-7-february-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2014\/02\/10\/esg-news-review-1-7-february-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"ESG News Review 1 \u2014 7 February 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

General Motors<\/strong> was among the most praised companies last year, as its Opel unit has agreed to extend by two years a guarantee that workers at three German plants won’t face job cuts. AT&T<\/strong> announced plans to commit $100 million of free mobile broadband access to educational websites, applications and services.\u00c2\u00a0 Cisco<\/strong> was named among Canada\u2019s 10 \u201cMost Admired Corporate Cultures\u201d. Renault<\/strong> shared its vision of NEXT TWO, an autonomous electric vehicle for the year 2020. The Aetna<\/strong> Foundation plans to give $4 million in grants to support digital health innovations for underserved communities.<\/p>\n

On the negative side, UBS<\/strong> was among the most criticized companies last week, as bonuses have increased by 28 percent in 2013. According to Le Point, the French State should make a \u00e2\u201a\u00ac1bn tax claim against Google<\/strong>. Morgan Stanley<\/strong> and JPMorgan Chase<\/strong> agreed to pay $1.86 billion to settle U.S. mortgage lawsuits. Deutsche Bank<\/strong> also settled a lawsuit with French city Saint-Etienne for loans described as \u201ctoxic\u201d.<\/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 dimensions, 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 %
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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, France, Switzerland, UK, South Africa, Germany, Australia, Japan, Canada, India, and Russia.<\/p>\n

Last week statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Positives<\/td>\n873<\/td>\nCompanies<\/td>\n309<\/td>\nCountries<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Negatives<\/td>\n1529<\/td>\nMostly praised<\/td>\n142<\/td>\nSources<\/td>\n281<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n2402<\/td>\nMostly criticized<\/td>\n157<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Positives \/ Total<\/td>\n36%<\/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 1-7 February 2014.<\/span>
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\nHistorical statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\"ESG<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Positives<\/td>\n351697<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Negatives<\/td>\n209740<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n561437<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sources<\/td>\n37381<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Start<\/td>\n01.01.2002<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
End<\/td>\n07.02.2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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