Why the Standard Ethics Rating©?
A Standard Ethics Rating (SER) helps the applicant to achieve goals on environmental, governance and social (ESG) issues.
An external and independent assessment that provides the organisation a tool to measure itself against the international guidelines on ESG matters.
Also, investors and stakeholders need companies to be more and more accountable for what they do and their impact on society.
The key advantages of an assessment and a Standard Ethics Rating can be clearly summarized in:
- Anticipation - EU, OECD and UN voluntary guidelines on Sustainability and governance anticipate future national and OECD legislative requirements.
- Independent Assessment - For many investors and analysts, companies that apply for a SER demonstrate seriousness and excellence because a SER is based on a truly independent assessment performed by a specialised agency.
- Improved relationships - Being assisted by a sustainability rating agency motivates stakeholders and employees to cooperate with their companies to face common and constructive challenges by improving relationships in order to achieve optimum internationalisation.
- Clear references - EU, OECD and UN voluntary guidelines are clear references for the economic world. The market values each effort to comply with these guidelines. In relation to other approaches to Sustainability that are less measurable and comparable, corporate communication benefits in terms of incisiveness and clarity.
- Credibility and reputation - the Standard Ethics Rating is a symbol of transparency because it offers comparability vis-à-vis competitors. It therefore enhances credibility and reputation with clients and shareholders.