ESG Research and RatingsThe OWW SRI Asia range has been developed in-line with international best practice. Local customisation has been added to reflect different cultural expectations of the business environment in Asia.
Questionnaire and Scoring Method
- Environment
- Labour Practices and Decent Work
- Human Rights
- Community
- Business Behaviour
- Corporate Governance
In addition, we provide information on the following general domains:
- Economic Indicators and Economic Value Added
- Negative Screens
The negative screens and any quantitative limit can be determined by the client. Our general screens cover:
- Pesticides/Chloride-organic-chemistry
- GMO
- Nuclear Power
- Severe violations of labour and human rights
- Armament and Weapons
- Tobacco
- Alcohol
- Pornography
The ESG questionnaire is based on international standards and is customised to reflect ESG issues of particular concern to stakeholders in Asia.
- Statement of management policy
- Evidence of management practice, performance and progress
- Clarity, completeness and quality of reporting
The ESG grade assigned to each section and subsection is as follows:
- Excellent
- Very Good
- Good
- Satisfactory
- Poor/Verified Violations
In addition, an indication is provided for the percentage of the required information available in the public domain. Where insufficient information is available the category is not graded.
The Environmental criteria are weighted to differentiate between high, medium and low impact companies and different standards of environmental management are required in each case.
A company's performance is measured by scoring its response to each question and weighting each group of questions according to a set of ESG criteria determined by OWW Stakeholder Research.
