{"id":8641,"date":"2014-03-10T11:35:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T10:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/?p=8641"},"modified":"2014-03-10T11:38:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T10:38:38","slug":"esg-news-review-1-7-march-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2014\/03\/10\/esg-news-review-1-7-march-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"ESG News Review 1 \u2014 7 March 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ecolab<\/strong> appeared among the most praised companies last week after it received a 2014 Climate Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for achieving aggressive greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E)<\/strong> announced they have spent $2.3 billion in 2013 with diverse suppliers, such as minority-owned or women-owned businesses. Volkswagen<\/strong> said its investments in eco-friendly vehicles rose by 15 percent to EUR 10.2 billion in 2013, and that it aims to become the world’s leading automaker in ecological terms by 2018. Saint-Gobain<\/strong> Glass has become the first glass manufacturer in the UK to be awarded the BES 6001 accreditation \u201cVery Good\u201d standard for its responsible sourcing of materials. Fujitsu<\/strong> will more than double its graduate workforce intake for 2014, which should contribute to tackle youth unemployment in the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n

Citigroup<\/strong> was among the most criticized companies last week as it faces a probe by a U.S. federal grand jury over alleged money-laundering involving its Mexican subsidiary, Banamex. A US appeals court has rejected BP<\/strong>‘s call to prevent businesses from requesting financial reparations for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Duke Energy<\/strong> has been cited by North Carolina regulators for environmental violations in a probe prompted by a massive spill at one facility that dumped tons of coal ash into the Dan River.\u00c2\u00a0 India’s defense ministry ordered a bribery investigation over state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s purchase of jet engines from Rolls-Royce<\/strong>. Roche<\/strong> is accused by Italian anti-trust authorities to have colluded with Novartis to prevent the distribution of Roche’s cancer drug Avastin in favor of the more expensive drug Lucentis commercialized by Novartis; both companies denied these allegations.<\/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\u00c2\u00a0USA, France, UK, Spain, Germany, China, Canada, Mexico, and Indonesia were the major countries of action last week.<\/p>\n

Last week statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Positives<\/td>\n1541<\/td>\nCompanies<\/td>\n450<\/td>\nCountries<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Negatives<\/td>\n2086<\/td>\nMostly praised<\/td>\n229<\/td>\nSources<\/td>\n461<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n3627<\/td>\nMostly criticized<\/td>\n209<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Positives \/ Total<\/td>\n42%<\/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 March 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>\n357561<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Negatives<\/td>\n216855<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n574416<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sources<\/td>\n37893<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Start<\/td>\n01.01.2002<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
End<\/td>\n07.03.2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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