{"id":8804,"date":"2014-05-12T10:46:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T09:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/?p=8804"},"modified":"2014-05-12T10:50:05","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T09:50:05","slug":"esg-news-review-3-9-may-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2014\/05\/12\/esg-news-review-3-9-may-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"ESG News Review 3 \u2014 9 May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

GDF Suez<\/strong> and Areva<\/strong> appeared among the most praised companies last week as they have been selected by the French government to install and operate two 500 megawatt offshore wind farms, according to Reuters, which will create 2000 jobs. Avery Dennison<\/strong> announced it will collaborate with the Rainforest Alliance to promote sustainable forestry in Honduras. Westport Innovations<\/strong> said it is working in cooperation with Kroger<\/strong>, one of the world’s largest retailers, to run a pilot program using liquefied natural gas for transportation.<\/p>\n

Barclays<\/strong> was among the most criticized companies last week after announcing it would cut 7000 jobs at its investment bank. Samsung<\/strong> was found guilty of patent violation and was ordered to pay US $120 million to Apple. Apple<\/strong> was also found guilty of patent violation against Samsung, and will have to pay a \u2014 much smaller \u2014 fine. In France, l’Institut national de l’origine et de la qualit\u00e9 (INAO) is sueing Carrefour<\/strong> as it considers its \u00c2\u00ab Origine et Qualit\u00e9 \u00c2\u00bb label creates confusion. Mondelez<\/strong> is expected to cut jobs as part of its restructuration plan, for instance in France at biscuits LU.<\/p>\n

\"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 % <\/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\u00c2\u00a0USA, France, Spain, UK, Switzerland, Canada, India, Brazil, and Germany were the main countries of action. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Last week statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Positives<\/td>\n789<\/td>\nCompanies named<\/td>\n239<\/td>\nCountries<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Negatives<\/td>\n836<\/td>\nMostly praised<\/td>\n121<\/td>\nSources<\/td>\n242<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n1625<\/td>\nMostly criticized<\/td>\n110<\/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 3 – 9 May 2014.<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n

Historical statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\"ESG<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Positives<\/td>\n368231<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Negatives<\/td>\n229354<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n597585<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sources<\/td>\n39279<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Start<\/td>\n01.01.2002<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
End<\/td>\n09.05.2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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