Standard Ethics

Standard Ethics
legal form
founding	2001
Seat	London , United Kingdom Brussels , Belgium
management	Blanche Ullens de Schooten
Branch	Rating agency
Website	www.standardethics.eu
As of February 8, 2016

Standard Ethics is a rating agency with headquarters in London and Brussels that specializes in sustainability . The company evaluates other companies with regard to corporate social responsibility , ethical investment and corporate governance on the basis of guidelines of the United Nations , the OECD and the EU .

rating

The Standard Ethic Rating is a sustainability rating (SSR - Solicited Sustainability Rating) that a company can request upon request. The rating system is intended to provide information on the conformity of sovereign nations in the field of sustainability and corporate social responsibility with guidelines of the United Nations , the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the European Union .

The methodological approach is based on research carried out in 2001 by the Agenzia Europea d'Investimenti (AEI), a holding company that is geared towards sustainable engagement. In the years that followed, this developed into an independent institution, after being broken down in 2003.

As of 2002, Standard Ethics ratings have been expressed in the following eight "grades": EEE; EEE-; EE +; EE; EE-; E +; E; E-.

Where:

• EEE : above average
• EE : average
• E : below average

The countries and companies that do not adhere to the values ​​specified by the UN are not rated and are listed among the "suspended" exhibitors.

Standard Ethics uses an analysis-driven assessment process so that the work to be carried out does not require the applicant to fill out forms or create other documents and further information.

Indices

The publication of the SERs ( Standard Ethics Ratings ) grants access to one or more Standard Ethics Indezes, according to the type and size of the establishment. 

Standard Ethics has designed the following indices for Europe: 

• Italian index (companies within the FTSE MIB that have been sent a Standard Ethics Rating)
• French Index (the largest French companies with a Standard Ethics Rating)
• Belgian Index (the largest Belgian companies with a Standard Ethics Rating)
• Swiss index (the largest Swiss companies with a standard ethics rating)
• Italian MID Index (Italian companies with a standard ethics rating and a stock market value of over 250 million euros)
• Italian SMALL Index (Italian companies with a standard ethics rating and a stock market value of less than 250 million euros)
• European Green Bond Index (all leading issuers of Euro Green Bonds)
• Italian Banks Index (management and monitoring index with all banks listed on the Italian Stock Exchange) 

National ratings

country	Rating	view	was standing
Argentina	E.		October 2015
Australia	EE +		October 2015
Austria	EEE		October 2015
Belgium	EE-		October 2015
Brazil	EE-		April 2014
Bulgaria	EE-		April 2014
Canada	EE +		October 2015
Chile	E +		October 2015
People's Republic of China	E-		April 2014
Czech Republic	EE	negative	February 2016
Denmark	EEE		April 2014
Egypt	E-		April 2014
Estonia	EE-		April 2014
Finland	EEE		October 2015
France	EEE		April 2014
Germany	EE +		April 2014
United Kingdom	EEE		April 2014
Greece	EE	Under observation	January 2015
Hungary	E.		February 2016
Iceland	EEE		April 2014
India	E.	Under observation	April 2014
Ireland	EEE		April 2014
Israel	E +		April 2014
Italy	EE +		April 2014
Japan	EE		April 2014
Luxembourg	EE +		October 2015
Mexico	EE-		April 2014
Netherlands	EEE		April 2014
New Zealand	EEE		October 2015
Norway	EEE		October 2015
Poland	E +		February 2016
Portugal	EE		April 2014
Romania	EE-		April 2014
Russia	E.	Under observation	April 2014
Slovenia	EE +		October 2015
Slovakia	EE	negative	February 2016
South Africa	EE-		October 2015
South Korea	E +		April 2014
Spain	EEE		April 2014
Sweden	EEE		April 2014
Switzerland	EE +		April 2014
Turkey	E +		April 2014
United States	EEE		April 2014
Vatican city	EE		April 2014

Individual evidence

1. ↑ THE “S-EPI MODEL”: A THEORETICAL MODEL THAT LINKS THE E-GOVERNMENT PROCESSES TO THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (PSSR) ( Memento from January 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Standard Ethics - differently from other agencies - did not define the concept of ethics, in 2003, Standard Ethics inherited developing a non-subjective and pre-determined system of values, called sustainability or "institutional" approach. "Finanza Etica", La Nazione of July 24, 2003, article by Jacopo Schettini Gherardini
3. ↑ "E le società quotate faranno i conti con il rating Etico" Corriere della Sera of 8-05-2002, article by Massimo Sideri.
4. ↑ "E 'arrivato ETIF, il fondo fatto ad ONU. L'Agenzia Europea degli Investimenti Scende in campo con un bilanciato internazionale. E con emissione di rating per i paesi OCSE." Vita from November 15, 2002, article by Francesco Maggio.
5. ↑ "Fondi etici, perché non sono tutti uguali". Repubblica, Affari e Finanza of November 25, 2002. Article by Mariano Mangia.
6. ^ "L'Agenzia Europea degli Investimenti cambia pelle, trasformandosi da holding ad agenzia di Rating", MF, 23 May 2002.
7. ↑ "Parité dans les conseils d'administration: la France devant l'Italie et l'Allemagne", 29 November 2015, AFP (French Press Agency)
8. ↑ CSR Magazine, October 2002, p. 35  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ http://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2013/10/28/vatican_city_state_receives_elevated_standard_ethics_rating/en1-741479

Web links

• Official website