{"id":8859,"date":"2014-05-26T12:01:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T11:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/?p=8859"},"modified":"2014-05-30T09:25:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T08:25:50","slug":"esg-news-review-17-23-may-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2014\/05\/26\/esg-news-review-17-23-may-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"ESG News Review 17 \u2014 23 May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dell<\/strong> was among the most praised companies last week, as it announced new sustainability initiatives among which carbon-negative packaging, through a partnership with Newlight Technologies, inventor and manufacturer of AirCarbon. Walmart<\/strong> is collaborating with Kellogg Company to support the livelihoods of rice growers and sustainable rice-growing practices worldwide. Volkswagen <\/strong>has earned the World Environment Center\u2019s (WEC) 30th Anniversary Gold Medal award for its comprehensive commitment to environmental preservation and eco-mobility. Whole Foods Market<\/strong> earned the top spot in Greenpeace\u2019s annual seafood sustainability ranking of U.S.supermarkets. MGM Resorts International<\/strong> has announced that it is joining the US Energy Department’s Better Buildings Challenge, a national pledge calling for organizations to voluntarily reduce their building portfolio energy use by 20 percent in ten years.<\/p>\n

Credit Suisse<\/strong> was among the most criticized companies last week after it pleaded guilty and agreed to the largest penalty in an offshore tax case, paying $2.6 billion, after using Swiss accounts to help Americans hide money from the Internal Revenue Service. Union Investment, one of its major investors, slammed Deutsche Bank<\/strong> for its plans to raise 8 billion euros while facing allegations of gold price manipulation and foreign currency manipulation. The Open Internet Project, which includes 400 players in Europe’s digital markets, lodged a complaint with the European Commission against what it alleges are new anti-competitive abuses by Google<\/strong> (Agence France-Presse). The European Commission has accused JPMorgan<\/strong>, HSBC <\/strong>and Credit Agricole<\/strong> of colluding to fix a key euro benchmark borrowing rate.<\/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, Germany, Spain, South Africa, China, Switzerland, UK, and Australia were the main countries of action.<\/p>\n

Last week statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Positives<\/td>\n1218<\/td>\nCompanies named<\/td>\n384<\/td>\nCountries<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Negatives<\/td>\n1920<\/td>\nMostly praised<\/td>\n188<\/td>\nSources<\/td>\n308<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n3138<\/td>\nMostly criticized<\/td>\n188<\/td>\n\u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Positives \/ Total<\/td>\n39%<\/td>\n\u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

These figures show the activity in Covalence EthicalQuote database during the week of 17 – 23 May 2014.<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n

Historical statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n\"ESG<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Positives<\/td>\n370304<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Negatives<\/td>\n232512<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n602816<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sources<\/td>\n39504<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Start<\/td>\n01.01.2002<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
End<\/td>\n23.05.2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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