financial materiality and clarity in multi stakeholder reporting - manjit jus
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Lundquist hosted the 6th edition of its CSR Online Awards in Milan, part of a unique two-day event to discuss trends in sustainability and recognise top performers in online communications from across Europe. The event brought together more than 100 participants including sustainability and communications professionals from over 45 companies and organisations. Participants heard from 27 international speakers in three plenary sessions and six workshops. This is RobecoSAM Sustainability Operations Manager Manjit Jus's presentation.TRANSCRIPT
6th CSR ONLINE AWARDS
DIGITAL DISRUPTION
AND THE FUTURE OF CSR #CSRawards
Milan, 27-28 May 2014
Manjit Jus
Sustainability Operation Manager,
RobecoSAM
FINANCIAL MATERIALITY AND CLARITY IN
MULTI-STAKEHOLDER REPORTING
Milan, May 27, 2014
Financial Materiality and Clarity in Multi-stakeholder Reporting
RobecoSAM at a glance
• Investment specialist focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing since 1995
• Offering complementary capabilities to Sustainability Investing
• Powering the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices since 1999
• USD 11.8 billion total assets (as per 30.06.2013)
• Servicing a global and diversified client base
• Approximately 130 employees headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland
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RobecoSAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment
Overview
• Over 3,000 companies invited annually
• 818 companies participated in 2013
Methodology
• Integrated assessment of economic, environmental and social criteria with a
strong focus on long-term shareholder value
• Rules-based methodology and use of primary research
• Focus on best-in-class companies. Yearly review of component selection and
continuous monitoring of companies
• Assurance of the assessment process by Deloitte
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Company Participation
CAGR: + 7.4%
Increasing participation of companies in DJSI over the years
RobecoSAM CSA: participation trend
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How we use sustainability reporting
• Verification of submitted answers and data
• Reporting on targets and progress of sustainability initiatives
• Identification of material issues and the stakeholder engagement process
• How sustainability initiatives align with long-term corporate strategy
• The business and financial benefits of sustainability initiatives
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Financial Materiality
RobecoSAM’s definition of materiality of sustainability:
“Any factor which might have a present or future impact on companies‘ value
drivers, competitive position, and thus on long-term shareholder value
creation“
Forms of Capital:
Intellectual capital Customer capital
Manufactured capital
Human capital Environmental capital
Social capital
Financial capital & business model
Impact on Financials:
Growth (Revenue) Profitability (Costs) Capital Efficiency
Risk profile
Key Question: How do different forms of capital impact financial performance?
RobecoSAM Approach
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Source: RobecoSAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment
Reporting on materiality
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Environmental
2012
Social 2012 Environmental
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Social 2013
Linking sustainability and business priorities
Total
CSR Report
Annual Report
Outcome and statistics from the 2013 Corporate Sustainability Assessment
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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
2013
2012
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Reporting on risk identification &
Exposure
Internal risk identification
process
26%
2%
18%
54%
Qualitative
Quantitative
Qualitative & Quantitative
No Reporting
Analysing risks vs. reporting on risks
Public reporting on Standards for Suppliers
What do companies report on?
Source: RobecoSAM’Corporate Sustainability Assessment 9
Focus on financial materiality
How useful do investors find the different types of non-financial information when making investment decisions?*
Source: EY Tomorrow’s investment rules - Global survey of institutional investors on non-financial performance, April 2014
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Annual Report
31%
Integrated Report 18% Corporate website
18%
Press coverage 13%
ESG data providers 8%
Sustainability report
7% Sustainability
rankings 3%
Social media
2%
Shifting focus of sustainability reporting
• Focus on materiality – financial materiality vs. stakeholders perception
• Integrated vs. decentralized reporting
• Who are we reporting for?
• How often do we report?
• Importance of third-party verification
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Distribution and consumption of non-financial data
• Reducing the “reporting burden”
• Improving data quality
• Improving comparability of data
• Digital reporting
• Third-party software
• XBRL
• Direct data transfers
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Questions?
Manjit Jus
Sustainability Operations Manager
+41 44 653 12 44
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6th CSR ONLINE AWARDS
DIGITAL DISRUPTION
AND THE FUTURE OF CSR #CSRawards
Milan, 27-28 May 2014