{"id":8612,"date":"2014-02-24T12:48:47","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T11:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/?p=8612"},"modified":"2014-02-24T14:39:23","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T13:39:23","slug":"esg-news-review-15-21-february-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2014\/02\/24\/esg-news-review-15-21-february-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"ESG News Review 15 \u2014 21 February 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

General Motors<\/strong> appeared among the most praised companies last week, as it co-founded The Natural Capital Business Hub, while its Foundation received a Corporate Leadership Award from the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation. Renault<\/strong> signed an agreement with the French Ministry of Labor to train and hire 800 young people by 2016. Unilever<\/strong> also participates in The Natural Capital Business Hub, and it signed a public-private partnership agreement with The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) \u201cto improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers around the world\u201d. Microsoft<\/strong> has started to map favelas in Brazil, as it seeks to \u201creduce the digital divide across the world\u201d, and it has bought the first carbon credits generated under a rainforest conservation project in Madagascar, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Kellogg Co.<\/strong> announced its global commitment to source only fully traceable palm oil that is produced \u201cin an environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and economically viable manner\u201d.<\/p>\n

On the negative side, Royal Bank of Scotland<\/strong> was among the most criticized companies last week, as it agreed to pay $275m to settle a US lawsuit over accusations that it misled investors over mortgage-backed securities; furthermore, RBS is expected to announce 30,000 job cuts at its investment banking division. Anglo American Platinum<\/strong> said it was suing the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union for damages and losses suffered over the past three-week strike in South Africa, and that there could be further restructuring and job losses. Three former Barclays<\/strong> bankers have been charged “in connection with the manipulation of Libor” interest rates by the Serious Fraud Office in the UK. Deutsche Bank<\/strong> will pay about 925 million euros to settle a 12-year-old dispute with the heirs of Leo Kirch over the collapse of his media group (Bloomberg). Duke Energy<\/strong> faced several negative comments as groundwater containing unsafe levels of arsenic apparently leaching from a Duke Energy coal ash dump is pouring into the Dan River in North Carolina.<\/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, Spain, Australia, UK, South Africa, Canada, China, Belgium, Germany, Japan, and Brazil were the major countries of action last week.<\/p>\n

Last week statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Positives<\/td>\n1635<\/td>\nCompanies<\/td>\n425<\/td>\nCountries<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Negatives<\/td>\n1730<\/td>\nMostly praised<\/td>\n239<\/td>\nSources<\/td>\n456<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n3365<\/td>\nMostly criticized<\/td>\n174<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Positives \/ Total<\/td>\n49%<\/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 15-21 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>\n354532<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Negatives<\/td>\n212970<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n567502<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sources<\/td>\n37532<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Start<\/td>\n01.01.2002<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
End<\/td>\n21.02.2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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