{"id":43002,"date":"2015-06-23T07:34:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T05:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/innovation\/euronext-and-vigeo-create-a-new-esg-index-dedicated-to-companies-from-emerging-market-countries\/"},"modified":"2015-06-23T07:34:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T05:34:22","slug":"euronext-and-vigeo-create-a-new-esg-index-dedicated-to-companies-from-emerging-market-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/innovation\/euronext-and-vigeo-create-a-new-esg-index-dedicated-to-companies-from-emerging-market-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Euronext and Vigeo create a new esg index dedicated to companies from emerging market countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This index distinguishes 70 companies from a universe[[Coverage of countries developed by Vigeo: more than 900 companies in over 30 countries]]\n of 900 listed companies in developing countries<br \/>\nwhich have the highest performances in corporate responsibility based on their ratings by Vigeo. <\/p>\n<p>Companies\u2019 weighting in the index, calculated by Euronext, is correlated with the score assigned by Vigeo.<br \/>\nThis represents an alternative approach to traditional methods based on float. It allows for positive<br \/>\ndiscrimination in favour of those listed companies\u2014most of which operate internationally\u2014that are the<br \/>\nmost actively engaged in promoting compliance with universal public standards, particularly in the field of<br \/>\nhuman rights, decent employment practices, environmental protection, corporate governance, business<br \/>\nethics and contributions to social economic development in areas where they operate. <\/p>\n<p>The index components are reviewed and updated twice a year, in June and in December.<br \/>\nFull details are shown in the appended tables and on Euronext\u2019s and Vigeo\u2019s websites: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vigeo.com\/csr-rating-agency\/fr\/indiceeuronextvigeo\">http:\/\/www.vigeo.com\/csr-rating-agency\/fr\/indiceeuronextvigeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The range of Euronext-Vigeo indices is composed of the following 8 indices:<br \/>\n-Euronext-Vigeo EM 70,the 70 most advanced companies in emerging countries<br \/>\n-Euronext-Vigeo France 20, the 20 most advanced French companies<br \/>\n-Euronext-Vigeo UK 20, the 20 most advanced British companies<br \/>\n-Euronext-Vigeo Benelux 20,the 20 most advanced Benelux companies<br \/>\n-Euronext-Vigeo US 50, the 50 most advanced American companies<br \/>\n-Euronext-Vigeo Eurozone 120, the 120 most advanced companies in the Eurozone<br \/>\n-Euronext-Vigeo Europe 120, the 120 most advanced European countries<br \/>\n-Euronext-Vigeo World 120, the 120 most advanced companies globally <\/p>\n<p><strong>Methodology :<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>Like the seven other indices in the Euronext-Vigeo range, the companies in the Euronext-Vigeo EM 70 index<br \/>\nare those to which Vigeo has attributed the highest consolidated scores.<br \/>\nThese include top ratings for companies\u2019 ability to master risks related to social responsibility and deploy<br \/>\nstrong commitments in support of sustainable development. Vigeo\u2019s assessment model rates each<br \/>\ncompany on nearly 330 indicators. No sectors are excluded per se.<br \/>\n<br \/>However following a decision by Vigeo\u2019s methodology team, companies that are the subject of controversy<br \/>\non critical issues involving social responsibility and that do not supply comprehensive public information on<br \/>\ncorrective measures taken or discussions they may have entered into with stakeholders regarding such<br \/>\ncontroversies, are excluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Euronext, the primary exchange in the Eurozone, and Vigeo, the leading European<br \/>\nagency in Corporate Social Responsibility ratings, will launch a new ESG Index on the 22 June 2015:<br \/>\nEuronext-Vigeo EM 70. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":43000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1471],"tags":[1655,1718,1671,1826,1682,1651,1711,1437,2159,1691,1720,1952,1685,1745],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43002"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}