Innovest Identifies the 100 Most Sustainable Companies in the World

On Thursday, January 24, 2007, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors officially launched the fourth Global 100 list of the most sustainable corporations in the world at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Global 100, initiated by Corporate Knights Inc. with Innovest as the exclusive research provider, includes companies from 16 countries in sectors ranging from Oil and Gas to Wireless Telecommunication Services that were evaluated according to how effectively they manage environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities, relative to their industry peers. ... lees meer

Carbon Disclosure Project working with corporate giants to assess CO2 emissions and climate disclosure from supply chains in 2008

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a collaboration of over 315 institutional investors, including Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Allianz and HSBC, with assets under management of more than $41 trillion, is now working with some of the world’s largest companies to help them assess greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through their supply chains. ... lees meer

Carbon Disclosure Project to launch in the Netherlands

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a collaboration of over 315 institutional investors with assets under management of more than $41 trillion, will today announce its expansion into the Netherlands. For the first time ever the Carbon Disclosure Project will send a request for climate data disclosure to the 50 largest Dutch companies as listed in the AEX and AMX indices, on behalf of all CDP signatory investors, including ABN AMRO, ABP, Robeco, PGGN, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ASN Bank and Rabobank. ... lees meer

BASF best in class in online sustainability communications

BASF’s corporate website – www.basf.com – is the most complete and web savvy in the field of online sustainability communications. Jungle Rating – a Dutch internet consultancy – concludes this after having investigated all sustainability websites of the European sustainability leaders, listed on the DJSI STOXX index. The short list of the top 53 companies has been announced today. ... lees meer

VBDO maakt genomineerden Verantwoord Ketenbeheer Award 2007 bekend

DSM, Numico, Philips, Reed Elsevier, Shell en Unilever (in alfabetische volgorde) zijn de zes bedrijven die zijn genomineerd voor de Verantwoord Ketenbeheer Award die op 20 november tijdens het Nationaal Sustainability Congres wordt uitgereikt. Zij zijn tevens de best scorende ondernemingen op de ‘Responsible Supply Chain Benchmark’ van de VBDO. De relatief hoge scores hebben de ondernemingen te danken aan de transparantie en inspanning op het gebied van hun ketenbeheerbeleid. ... lees meer

Unilever krijgt erkenning voor verslaggeving over CO2-emissies en prestaties op gebied van duurzaamheid.

Unilever is erkend als ‘Best in Class’ voor de wijze waarop zij rapporteert over klimaatverandering. Dit staat in een rapport dat gisteren in New York is uitgebracht door het Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), een groep van meer dan 315 mondiale investeerders die gezamenlijk meer dan $ 41 biljoen beleggen. Unilever is tevens voor het negende achtereenvolgende jaar gekozen tot leider van de Dow Jones Sustainability World Indexes (DJSI World) in de sector Voedingsmiddelen en Dranken. ... lees meer

Air France KLM, only airline group selected for both Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes for the third consecutive year

For the third consecutive year, Air France KLM, listed as the number 1 sustainable airline group, is included in the list of firms in the two Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes: . DJSI World, on a worldwide scale . DJSI STOXX, on a European scale Air France KLM is the only airline group to be included simultaneously in both indexes. ... lees meer

TNT ranks first in Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2007

TNT ranks first in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) 2007. The final results were announced today in Zurich by SAM research, one of the co-founders of the index. TNT improved its score from 84 in 2006 to 91 this year, reaching both the leading position in the super sector “Industrial Goods and Services” (which includes Transportation) and the highest score of any company in the DJSI. ... lees meer

Resultaten 2007 review Dow Jones Sustainability Indices: Wolters Kluwer in, Océ uit

De resultaten van de jaarlijkse review van de Dow Jones Sustainability Indices zijn bekend gemaakt. Voor de Nederlandse ondernemingen zijn de wijzingen beperkt: Wolters Kluwer is toegevoegd aan de Dow Jones World Sustainability Index. Océ is helaas verwijderd uit de Dow Jones Stoxx Sustainability Index. Akzo Nobel heeft het stokje overgenomen van DSM als “supersector leader” in de Dow Jones World Sustainability Index. ... lees meer