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Sustainability Intelligence

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http://www.sustainalytics.com/sustainability-intelligence

Sustainalytics is an award-winning global responsible investment research firm specialized in

environmental, social and governance (ESG research and analysis. The firm offers global

perspectives and solutions that are underpinned by local expertise, serving both values-based and

mainstream investors that integrate ESG information and assessments into their investment

decisions.

Sustainability Intelligence

ur Sustainability !ntelligence Service provides companies with valuable insights about where to

focus their sustainability efforts in order to create the greatest value."hen integrated into the business planning process, Sustainability !ntelligence provides the

!uantitative and !ualitative data re#uired to prioriti"e competing sustainability initiatives.

Sustainability Intelligence components include:

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• Societal trends

• $olitical trends

• Government regulations

• Environmental trends

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• %ustomer buying behaviour

• %ommunity expectations

• Employee morale and expectations

• !nvestor relations considerations

• Supply chain processes&re#uirements

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• %ompany sustainability profile

• 'est practices• $erformance gaps

• verall and metric-by-metric ran(ings

• Sustainability performance measured against peers

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• ) process-driven approach to reporting and materiality analysis

• Training on sustainability reporting drivers, practices, case studies and trends

• *evelopment of a s(ill set to lead the evolution of sustainability reporting in

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To learn more about how our Sustainability Services can wor( for you, please contact us.

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The Sustainalytics Sustainability !ntelligence Service has developed customized evaluationframewor(s for more than 23 different industries. 4sing these framewor(s as a base, we further

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the results of sta(eholder analysis. This customized sustainability evaluation framewor( is then

applied to the company and its peers in order to evaluate absolute and relative ESG

per3ormance. This analysis provides companies with benchmar(s, mar(et intelligence, and aconcrete understanding of industry best practices. These results are generated in three steps.

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ur expert analysts score a company profile by ESG dimension, category and individual metric

to provide ob5ective, actionable data.

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The sustainability performance of a company is compared against local and global peers. These

comparisons provide detailed evaluations of competitor policies, practices and performances, and

are completed with scores at the overall and per metric level. This identifies gaps between the

company6s practices and industry best practices.

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Sustainability best practices and international standards are identified with as much detail as

possible with special attention given to performance areas that are lin(ed to high sta(eholder

expectations. The examination of current industry best practices is an invaluable way to evaluate potential sustainability initiatives.

Striving towards best practices and adherence to international standards is perhaps one of the

safest corporate strategies. 'oth sta(eholders and society-at-large see( out and reward companies

whose values align with their own.

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Sustainability report

http://www.slideshare.net/eccinternational/corporate-sustainability-reporting

) sustainability report is a report published by a company or organization about the economic,

environmental and social impacts caused by its everyday activities.

) sustainability report also presents the organi"ation6s values and governance model, and

demonstrates the link between its strategy and its commitment to a sustainable global economy.

)n increasing number of companies and organizations want to ma(e their operations sustainable

and contribute to sustainable development. Sustainability reporting can help organizations to

measure, understand and communicate their economic, environmental, social and governance

per3ormance. Sustainability 7 the ability for something to last for a long time, or indefinitely 7

is based on performance in these four (ey areas.

Systematic sustainability reporting helps organizations to measure the impacts they cause ore5perience, set goals, and manage change. ) sustainability report is the (ey platform for

communicating sustainability performance and impacts 7 whether positive or negative.

To produce a regular sustainability report, organizations set up a reporting cycle 7 a programof data collection, communication, and responses. This means that their sustainability performance is monitored on an ongoing basis. 0ata can be provided regularly to senior

decision ma7ers to shape the organi"ation6s strategy and policies, and improve

per3ormance.

Sustainability reporting is there3ore a vital resource 3or managing change towards a

sustainable global economy 7 one that combines long term profitability with ethical behavior,social 5ustice and environmental care.

Sustainability reporting can be considered as synonymous with other terms for non-financial

reporting8 triple bottom line reporting, corporate social responsibility 9%S+: reporting, and more.

It is also an intrinsic element o3 integrated reporting8 a more recent development that

combines the analysis o3 3inancial and non-3inancial per3ormance.

The upta(e of sustainability reporting is increasing among organizations of all types and sizes.

To learn more about how sustainability reporting is developing worldwide, visit the +eport or

E5plain and +eport Services pages.

/a5or providers of sustainability reporting guidance include1

; The Global +eporting !nitiative 9The G+! Sustainability +eporting


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; The 4nited =ations Global %ompact 9the %ommunication on $rogress:

; The !nternational rganization for Standardization 9!S >?333, !nternational Standard for

social responsibility:

International Integrated +eporting ouncil II+

The successful company of tomorrow will have an integrated strategy to achieve financial results

and create lasting value for itself, its sta(eholders and society. $he value created by this

company cannot be e5pressed by isolated 3inancial and a sustainability reports, with no

clear lin7s between the 9single bottom line and the sustainability impacts caused or the

value created in order to generate its 3inancial results.

G+! co-founded the !nternational !ntegrated +eporting %ouncil 9!!+%: because the future of

corporate reporting is the integration of financial and sustainability strategy and results. )n

integrated report should be the result of such an integrated reporting process.

#nderstanding the lin7s between 3inancial results and sustainability impacts is critical 3or

business managers, and increasingly connected to long- and short-term business success. Tounderstand these lin(s, organizations must identify the material sustainability topics to monitor

and manage to ensure the business survives and expands. This step is at the core of the

sustainability reporting process provided by G+!6s Sustainability +eporting


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Sustainability reports are released by companies and organizations of all types, sizes and

sectors, from every corner of the world.

Thousands of companies across all sectors have published reports that address some or all of the

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= 0emonstrating how the organi"ation in3luences, and is in3luenced by, e5pectations about

sustainable development

/any G+! publications examine organizations experiences with sustainability reporting,

including the benefits they have experienced.

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developing in-house or sector-based reporting framewor(s.

'ridge building. G+!6s basis in multi-sta(eholder engagement contributes to its ability to build bridges between different actors and sectors 7 li(e business, the public sector, labor unions and

civil society 7 and to mediate

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G+! is an international, multi-sta(eholder, networ(-based organization. Each of its three governance bodies 7 the

'oard of *irectors, Sta(eholder %ouncil and Technical )dvisory %ommittee 7 plays a lead role in developing G+!6s

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