 PARIS, KUALA LUMPUR – 25th January 2008 – Vigeo, leading European Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Ratings Agency has teamed-up with OWW Consulting, a specialist in CSR and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) in Asia and the Middle East, to extend its coverage into Asia-Pacific.
Both companies provide independent expert research on CSR and SRI
using a methodology based on internationally recognised standards.
Their analysis identifies and evaluates non-financial risks and
opportunities relative to companies’ commitments on social,
environmental and governance criteria.
Consequently, Vigeo will provide its clients access to SRI Research on
the companies included in the DJ Stoxx 600 Asia-Pacific. And OWW will
have access to Vigeo’s SRI research on the DJ Stoxx 600 Europe.
The Vigeo-OWW partnership will draw on the global analysis of Vigeo and
the local expertise of OWW to bring the entire Vigeo Equitics® range of
world-class SRI research into the reach of fund managers and financial
institutions in Asia-Pacific. The new Vigeo state-of-the-art SRI
research and alerts service will also be introduced into the
Asia-Pacific market for the first time.
Nicole Notat, CEO of Vigeo, said “Vigeo’s commitment to provide its SRI
clients with research in line with their needs, includes extending its
coverage. In 2008, it shall reach the full coverage of the DJ Stoxx
1800. The Vigeo-OWW partnership represents another step towards
consolidating this commitment.”
Dr Geoffrey Williams, Managing Director and CEO of OWW Consulting said,
“The close parallels between Vigeo and OWW provide a very strong
foundation for this partnership. We hope to build a successful
relationship which will allow both companies to expand our client
services to create new and exciting SRI research products in the
future. This partnership takes place in a rapidly growing SRI market,
estimated in US$4 trillion’.
Both companies also provide Sustainability Indexes which track the
companies showing a good CSR performance. Vigeo provides the ASPI
Eurozone index and the Ethibel Sustainable Index (ESI) Series, which
cover Global and European markets. OWW provides the OWW
ResponsibilityTM SRI Index Series for Malaysia and Singapore.
Visit:-
www.vigeo.com
www.oww-consulting.com
Press contacts
VIGEO
Thomas GERARD +33 (0)1 49 72 46 04
www.vigeo.com
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OWW Consulting
Dr Geoffrey Williams + 603 2116 5978
www.oww-consulting.com
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About Vigeo
Vigeo is the Leading European Corporate Social Responsibility Ratings
Agency. Vigeo measures the organisations’ CSR commitments, and
identifies extra-financial risk and their level of management.
Vigeo provides two services:
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SRI Analysis, Ratings and Benchmarks for investors and asset managers
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CSR Audits for companies and local governments
An expanding group: The Vigeo teams represent a staff of 75 and 14
different nationalities, on 4 locations: Paris, Brussels, Milan,
Casablanca.
www.vigeo.com
About OWW Consulting
OWW Consulting is a leading provider of Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) solutions and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) research in
Asia Pacific and the Middle East. We aim to help organisations to
understand how their financial, economic, social and environmental
performance can be enhanced through socially responsible business
practices.
We are Organisational Stakeholders of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and supporters of the UN Global Compact.
OWW was the first signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) in Malaysia and Singapore
For further information please visit our websites:
www.oww-consulting.com
www.sri-asia.com
www.csr-malaysia.org
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