ESG Ratings

Acquisition of RobecoSAM’s ESG ratings by S&P Global indices – overview and further information

In January 2020, S&P Global announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of the ESG ratings as well as ESG benchmarking units from RobecoSAM. The ESG ratings business includes the well-known Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) from RobecoSAM. This blog post introduces you to S&P and RobecoSAM, describes how they are connected and shares further information.…

EcoVadis Index 2019

EcoVadis Index

The background EcoVadis is a supply chain assessment which helps companies to understand and quantify sustainability risks within their supply chain. Unlike individual questionnaires or very specific ones like CDP, EcoVadis offers a standardised approach which is able to compare the performance of companies with entirely different profiles on a rating scale from 1 (bad)…

View of lake from the mountains with sky and clouds illustrating the blog article about the DJSI results 2018

DJSI 2018: results are here!

The DJSI 2018 results were released today (13/09/2018). The DJSI, or Dow Jones Sustainability Index, is a stock exchanges index, which includes Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria into the ranking. DJSI 2018 Process: increased participation In March 2018, a total of 3,504 companies was invited to take part in the Corporate Sustainability Assessment or…