Resource RegistrationNavigating the Rapidly Evolving ESG Ratings and Rankings Landscape
The demand for corporate-level ESG performance information is rapidly increasing and resulting in the broad expansion of ratings and rankings across all sizes and types of organizations. ESG ratings and rankings are no longer limited to just the investment community. An increasing number of public (government agencies) and private institutions (corporations) are systematically assessing thousands of suppliers on ESG performance. Their suppliers consist of both publicly traded and privately held companies – so everyone is impacted. The continued proliferation of new and different questionnaires, surveys, scorecards, and ratings and rankings is overwhelming, and inquiring stakeholders continue to feel that their ESG questions are unique.
Participants will have the opportunity to engage directly with experts on the developments in corporate ESG performance analysis. This webinar builds off the session held at the US BCSD-WBCSD-Yale University Summer Conference earlier this year, "Aligning Values: Ratings & Rankings." The webinar will enable WBCSD stakeholders to understand the current state of play, and will provide a collaborative opportunity for participants to help establish and focus the efforts of a new WBCSD working group dedicated to understanding, aligning, and harmonizing the ESG ratings and rankings field.
Expert Panelists:
Malcolm Fox - Executive Director, Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR)
Mark Tulay - Director, Strategic Investor Initiative, CECP; Former COO and Current Board Member, GISR
Alexandra Mihailescu Cichon - Heads of Sales and Marketing, Member, Executive Committee, RepRisk
Pierre-Francois Thaler - Co-Founder, EcoVadis; Member, Executive Council, Together for Sustainability
Moderator:
Mike Wallace - Managing Director, BrownFlynn
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Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization about relevance of sustainability to the organization and the organization’s strategy for addressing sustainability
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Name of the organization
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Primary brands, products, and services
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Location of organization’s headquarters
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Number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries with significant operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability topics covered in the report
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Nature of ownership and legal form
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Markets served
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Scale of the reporting organization
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Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region, broken down by gender
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Percentage of total employees covered by collective bargaining agreements
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Description of the organization’s supply chain
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Significant changes during the reporting period regarding organization's size, structure, ownership, or supply chain
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Whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization
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Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses
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Memberships in associations and/or national/international advocacy organizations
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Entities included in the organization consolidated financial and nonfinancial reports
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Process for defining report content
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Material aspects identified in the process for defining report content
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For each material aspect, the aspect boundary within the organization
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For each material aspect, the aspect boundary outside the organization
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Explanation of the effect of and reasons for any restatements of information provided in earlier reports
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Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope and aspect boundaries
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List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization
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The basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage
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The organization’s approach to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group, and an indication of whether any of the engagement was undertaken specifically as part of the report preparation process
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Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting. Report the stakeholder groups that raised each of the key topics and concerns
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Reporting period
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Date of most recent previous report
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Reporting cycle
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Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents
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‘In accordance’ option and GRI Content Index
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Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report
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Governance structure of organization, including committees of the highest governance body
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The organization’s values, principles, standards, and norms of behavior such as codes of conduct and codes of ethics
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Disclosure on Management Approach for Aspect
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Coverage of the organization’s defined benefit plan obligations.
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Financial assistance received from government.
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Significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts.
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Total number and rates of new employee hires and employee turnover by age group, gender and region.
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Average hours of training per year per employee, by gender and by employee category.
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Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews, by gender and by employee category.
