Standard Ethics Aei
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| Industry | Ratings |
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| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | London and Brussels, Belgium, UK and Italy |
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Key people
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Mrs.Blanche Ullens de Schooten (Chairman) |
| Products | Solicited Sustainability Ratings |
| Services | Sustainability Rating |
| Website | Standard Ethics |
Standard Ethics is a sustainability reporting and rating agency based in London and Brussels which aims at promoting corporate ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Socially responsible investing (SRI) and corporate governance according to the principles and guidelines of the United Nations (UN), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the European Union (EU). Standard Ethics in March 2013 becomes the first independent European Sustainability rating agency (Corporate social responsibility and Corporate Governance) following the decision to issue only rating on request ("solicited"), with a standard methodology.
The Standard Ethics Rating is a Solicited Sustainability Rating (SSR). It is a rating that intends to deliver an opinion on the level of compliance by companies and sovereign nations in the field of sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the basis of documents and guidelines published by the United Nations (UN), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), The European Union (EU). The methodological approach of Standard Ethics dates back to 2001, as a research department of the Agenzia Europea d’Investimenti (AEI) SpA, an Italian holding company active in the sustainable investments. It becomes a separate entity after a spin-off in 2003.
Since 2002, the final assessments by Standard Ethics on the level of conformity of companies and nations to the baseline ethical values are expressed with eight different Ratings: EEE; EEE-; EE+; EE; EE-; E+; E; E-.
Those nations and companies that do not comply with the values expressed by the United Nations do not receive ratings and are included amongst the "suspended" issuers. Standard Ethics uses an analyst-driven rating process, so the work to be carried out does not require applicants to fill out forms and questionnaires or draft other documentation in addition to existing information.
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