On the negative side, BNP Paribas<\/strong> was among the most criticized companies last week, as a US$ 9-billion settlement over alleged sanctions violations in Sudan, Iran, Cuba should be announced this week. Barclays<\/strong> misled large institutional investors and other clients by falsely telling them it was taking measures to protect them from predatory high-frequency traders, New York’s attorney general said. According to MBIA Inc, Credit Suisse Group<\/strong> has withheld key documents in a lawsuit accusing the Swiss bank of lying about how it processed loans used in mortgage-backed securities. Royal Dutch Shell<\/strong> is ready to pay up to $51 million in compensation for two oil spills in Bodo, Nigeria in 2008, but the lawyer representing the claimants have rejected Shell\u2019s offer. BHP Billiton<\/strong> plans to cut thousands of jobs from its iron ore operations in Western Australia, according to ABC News.<\/p>\n The tag cloud below shows words found in news about these companies.<\/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 Ratio of positive news \/ total news for 50 criteria last week 0 % 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 Ratio of positive news \/ total news 0 %<\/span> In terms of volume of information\u00c2\u00a0USA, France, Japan, China, UK, Spain, South Africa, Germany, Switzerland, and Canada were the main countries of action.<\/p>\n Last week statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n These figures show the activity in Covalence EthicalQuote database during the week of 21 – 27 June 2014.<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n Historical statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"ESG](\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TagsCloud_140630.jpg\")
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\n Positives<\/td>\n 1514<\/td>\n Companies named<\/td>\n 410<\/td>\n Countries<\/td>\n 80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Negatives<\/td>\n 1667<\/td>\n Mostly praised<\/td>\n 211<\/td>\n Sources<\/td>\n 349<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Total<\/td>\n 3181<\/td>\n Mostly criticized<\/td>\n 193<\/td>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Positives \/ Total<\/td>\n 48%<\/td>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n