{"id":8724,"date":"2014-04-07T11:55:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T10:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/?p=8724"},"modified":"2014-04-07T11:58:52","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T10:58:52","slug":"esg-news-review-29-march-4-april-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2014\/04\/07\/esg-news-review-29-march-4-april-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"ESG News Review 29 March – 4 April 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook<\/strong> was among the most praised companies last week as it has made significant progress in adopting renewable energy sources to power its web services, according to a report published by Greenpeace which also salutes Google and Apple. Volkswagen<\/strong> plans to make plug-in hybrids cars in China, according to Reuters; in Spain, VW renewed its collective agreement with workers for 4 more years. H&M<\/strong> and Inditex<\/strong> (the maker of Zara) have pledged to eliminate the use of endangered-forest fibers in all of their rayon and viscose clothing, in partnership with Canopy, a forestry nonprofit. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Sears Holdings<\/strong> with a 2014 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year \u2014 Sustained Excellence Award for its leadership in terms of energy efficiency.<\/p>\n

JPMorgan Chase<\/strong> appeared among the most criticized companies last week as a US judge has ruled shareholders can sue the company for securities fraud over the activities of the \u201cLondon whale\u201d trader.\u00c2\u00a0 UBS<\/strong> and Credit Suisse<\/strong>, as well as other banks including Citigroup<\/strong>, are being investigated by Switzerland’s Competition Commission for possible manipulation of exchange rates; Credit Suisse reacted by saying that such allegations were \u201cinappropriate and harmful to [its] reputation.\u201d Deutsche Lufthansa<\/strong> faced a strike called by the pilots’ union Cockpit as part as a two years pay dispute.<\/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, Switzerland, UK, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Australia, Spain, and Singapore.<\/p>\n

Last week statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Positives<\/td>\n981<\/td>\nCompanies<\/td>\n360<\/td>\nCountries<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Negatives<\/td>\n2048<\/td>\nMostly praised<\/td>\n172<\/td>\nSources<\/td>\n260<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n3029<\/td>\nMostly criticized<\/td>\n176<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Positives \/ Total<\/td>\n32%<\/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 29 March – 4 April 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>\n363167<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Negatives<\/td>\n224004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n587171<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sources<\/td>\n38564<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Start<\/td>\n01.01.2002<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
End<\/td>\n04.04.2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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