Hotlinks - Standards and indices

Association of British Insurers
Read more about the ABI Disclosure Guidelines and the implications for business.

Covalence EthicalQuote
Covalence runs EthicalQuote, the ethical reputation scoring system and CSR news database tracking the world's largest companies. We offer reputation research and ESG ratings to companies, investors and non-profit organisations. Covalence is a limited company based in Geneva, Switzerland, founded in 2001. Covalence EthicalQuote Ranking is published monthly, quarterly and annually.

Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index.
In partnership with SAM, Dow Jones & Company, launched the world's first family of sustainability indexes. The Dow Jones Sustainability Group Indexes (DJSGI) track the performance of sustainability leaders worldwide. They encompass the top 10% of the companies that lead their industry in terms of economic, environmental and social criteria. They offer a basis for financial products and derivatives with a focus on corporate sustainability. And, most importantly, they serve as a benchmark for the increasing amount of sustainability-driven investments.

FTSE4Good
FTSE4Good indices have been designed to measure the performance of companies that meet globally recognised corporate responsibility standards, and to facilitate investment in those companies. Find out more about the criteria and the current constituents.

Global Reporting Initiative
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an international, multi-stakeholder effort to create a common framework for voluntary reporting of the economic, environmental, and social impact of organisation-level activity. Its mission is to enhance the credibility and comparability of sustainability reporting practices worldwide and incorporates the active participation of business, accountancy, human rights, environmental, labour and governmental organisations.

UN Global Compact
Through the power of collective action, the Global Compact seeks to advance responsible corporate citizenship so that business can be part of the solution to the challenges of globalisation. The Global Compact is not a regulatory instrument – it does not “police”, enforce or measure the behaviour or actions of companies. Rather, the Global Compact relies on public accountability, transparency and the enlightened self-interest of companies, labour and civil society to initiate and share substantive action in pursuing the principles upon which the Global Compact is based.