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| Analysis of risks by sectors |
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| The investment process followed by Bank Sarasin & Cie AG as asset manager is as follows: |
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Risk management through sector specific assessment of risks. This includes sectors such as:
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Resource use (energy, water) |
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Emissions (air, water, waste) |
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Social stress (salary levels, corruption, production of armaments) |
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Individual stress (hazardous occupations, employment related accidents, job quality, ethical standards) |
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Measures and programmes to reduce the environmental impact over the entire life cycle of products (raw materials, production, use of product) |
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Measures and programmes to improve relations with stakeholders (employees, suppliers, clients, investors, competitors, and the general public) |
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The assessment criteria used by Sarasin Sustainability Research include use of various International frameworks for sustainability criteria, such as: |
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For environmental criteria: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), ISO 14001 and others. |
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For social criteria: WBCSD, OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, UN Global Compact, Declaration of Human Rights, ILO Standards, SA 8000, European Foundation for Quality Management, Global Reporting Initiative, and others. |
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Assessment of companies. |
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Industry specific information gathering for assessment purposes, which comprises some 140 points per industry. |
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Use of various information sources such as:
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generally available company information |
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monitoring of hundreds of newspapers through news services |
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review of specialized electronic media including use of the internet |
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review of research reports, financial and non-financial |
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company visits and management contacts |
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information from specialized research institutes and from NGOs |
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questionnaires with relevant questions |
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| SRI analysis is performed by a team comprising 22 employees. Members of this team have an average job experience of 14 years, speak 7 languages and comprise 5 nationalities. |
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