On the negative side, Deutsche Lufthansa<\/strong> was among the most criticized companies last week after pilots at Lufthansa’s budget carrier Germanwings staged a six-hour strike on Friday, due to a pension scheme dispute. Grupo Mexico<\/strong> could have to pay billions of pesos to clean up a toxic spill \u201cthat could prove to be the country’s worst mining disaster in modern times\u201d, the Mexican government said; the company could face an initial fine of 40 million pesos ($3.05 million) over the spill into a river near the Buenavista copper mine in the northern state of Sonora. Two senior executives from Volkswagen<\/strong>\u2019s biggest joint venture in China are under investigation for \u201cseriously violating the law\u201d, the Chinese Communist party\u2019s corruption watchdog said. Qualcomm<\/strong>, the world’s No. 1 mobile chipmaker, may face a European investigation related to a four-year-old complaint from a subsidiary of rival Nvidia Corp, according to Reuters. The Chinese antitrust authorities are probing Microsoft<\/strong> over its web browser and media player, indicating the company \u201chad not been fully transparent with its sales data on the software it distributes in China\u201d.<\/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, China, India, France, Mexico, Germany, Canada, UK, South Africa, and Colombia 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 23 – 29 August 2014.<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n Historical statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"ESG](\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TagsCloud_140901.jpg\" "\\"ESG")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> 100 % <\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> 100 %<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n
\n Positives<\/td>\n 1234<\/td>\n Companies named<\/td>\n 384<\/td>\n Countries<\/td>\n 76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Negatives<\/td>\n 1578<\/td>\n Mostly praised<\/td>\n 221<\/td>\n Sources<\/td>\n 453<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Total<\/td>\n 2812<\/td>\n Mostly criticized<\/td>\n 151<\/td>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Positives \/ Total<\/td>\n 44%<\/td>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n