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SEPTEMBER 2010
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CONTENTS
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
3 MARKET TRENDS 7
4 RESULTS 24
5 METHODOLOGY 61
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Steve Kelly
Managing Director Thomson Reuters Extel
September 2010
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The UNPRI is gaining increasing traction. Nearly 9 For the rankings of brokerage firms and research
out of ten respondents agreed/strongly agreed the providers, in total 40 separate firms received
initiative was supplementing the importance of SRI qualifying nominations, and it is noteworthy that
issues in the investment decision process. From our French-based houses continue to perform strongly.
extensive studies of IR best practice in companies, CA Cheuvreux move up from 2nd in 2009 to be the
IR directors tell us that increasingly they have an top-ranked broker for overall SRI & Sustainability
‘SRI brief’ as part of their investor outreach, and that research services, in the key aggregate result
more of their one-on-ones feature climate change or across the five component sectors – Corporate
related topics. Governance, Integrated Climate Change, Thematics,
Renewables and SRI Research itself. Interestingly,
Writing this report each year since 2003 is both CA Cheuvreux is not ranked first in any one of those
genuinely enjoyable, and hopefully gives us some categories, thus demonstrating the broad appeal
historic perspective. Yet it’s not all fun. It has been and quality of its ‘SRI’ offering, rather than it being
wearying to refer again and again to the ‘niche vs. based on excellence in one or two areas alone.
mainstream’ debate. The trouble is – it just won’t go For those distinct categories, honours are shared
away. That is because it is a sterile distinction – the across three firms, with Oddo Securities coming
buyside wants both. Nearly 90% value standalone top in Governance research, and Societe Generale
SRI research – and just as many value it integrated and HSBC sharing the other four categories
into all research. Of course, what really matters is between them, with both firms holding on to their
the intrinsic quality, depth, rigour and relevance of top positions in SRI research and Climate Change
the research, and ‘twas ever so. research respectively. With the move, since the
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PERCENTAGE OF RESPONSES
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55
0-2%
2-5%
5-10%
OVER 10%
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2008 RESULTS
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2005 RESULTS
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PERCENTAGE OF RESPONSES
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
INCREASE
DECREASE
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2008 RESULTS
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PERCENTAGE OF RESPONSES
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
NONE
0-2%
2-5%
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PERCENTAGE OF RESPONSES
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
NONE
0-2%
2-5%
OVER 5%
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2008 RESULTS
2007 RESULTS
2006 RESULTS
2005 RESULTS
PERCENTAGE OF RESPONSES
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
INCREASE
. STAY
. . .THE
. .SAME
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PERCENTAGE OF RESPONSES
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
INCREASE
DECREASE
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2 0.89%
3 11.61%
4 40.18%
SRI & SUSTAINABILITY - IMPORTANCE OF SRI TYPE REPORTS AND MAINSTREAM RESEARCH INCORPORATING EXTRA-FINANCIAL RESEARCH
SRI & SUSTAINABILITY - IMPORTANCE OF SRI TYPE REPORTS AND MAINSTREAM RESEARCH INCORPORATING EXTRA-FINANCIAL RESEARCH
4 4 73.21%
73.21%
5 5 Very Important
Very Important
14.29%
14.29%
Mainstream Research
Mainstream That
Research ThatIncorporates
IncorporatesExtra-Financial
Extra-Financial Research
1 1 NotNot
Important
Important 0.00%
0.00%
2 2 0.90%
0.90%
3 3 10.81%
10.81%
4 4 27.03%
27.03%
5 5 Very
Very Important
Important
61.26%
61.26%
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SRI & SUSTAINABILITY - IMPORTANCE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ISSUES
Executive Remuneration
2 11.61%
3 27.68%
4 13.39%
Board Responsibilties
2 0.89%
3 14.29%
4 12.50%
2 15.18%
3 48.21%
4 35.71%
2 1.41%
3 21.13%
4 60.56%
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2 11.61%
3 14.29%
4 38.39%
Shareholders Rights
2 0.00%
3 14.29%
4 15.18%
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Timeliness
2 0.00%
3 0.00%
4 41.07%
Breadth Of Coverage
2 0.89%
3 23.21%
4 61.61%
Depth Of Coverage
2 0.00%
3 1.79%
4 62.50%
Relevance
2 0.00%
3 15.18%
4 26.79%
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2 2.68%
3 46.43%
4 36.61%
2 0.89%
3 27.68%
4 11.61%
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1 Yes 47.32%
2 No 1.79%
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SRI & SUSTAINABILITY - BROKERS USED FOR BOTH FINANCIAL RESEARCH AND SRI OR EXTRA-FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
1 Always 0.89%
2 Often 83.04%
3 Occasionally 15.18%
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2 0.90%
3 24.32%
4 36.94%
2 11.71%
3 0.90%
4 37.84%
2 28.28%
3 42.42%
4 14.14%
2 1.80%
3 1.80%
4 58.56%
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2 0.00%
3 0.00%
4 31.31%
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2 1.67%
3 3.33%
4 65.00%
Utilities
2 0.00%
3 13.59%
4 27.18%
Other
2 0.00%
3 0.00%
4 0.00%
Chemicals
2 0.87%
3 11.30%
4 60.87%
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2 0.00%
3 1.74%
4 60.00%
Capital Goods
2 0.00%
3 14.00%
4 85.00%
Consumer Goods
2 0.97%
3 63.11%
4 31.07%
Mining
2 1.94%
3 39.81%
4 27.18%
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2 1.94%
3 0.00%
4 27.18%
2 0.89%
3 0.89%
4 38.39%
Transport
2 0.00%
3 2.00%
4 54.00%
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LEADING PAN-EUROPEAN BROKERAGE FIRM - SRI AND SUSTAINABILITY (BASED ON COMMISSIONS PAID)
1 CA Cheuvreux
2 Société Générale
3 UBS
4 HSBC
5 Goldman Sachs
6 Citi
7 Oddo Securities
8 Macquarie Equities
9 Natixis
10 Barclays Capital
13 Deutsche Bank
17 WestLB
18 Morgan Stanley
19 Nomura Securities
21 UniCredit
22 Jefferies International
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Jean-Philippe Desmartin
Léa Sombret
Sébastien Thévoux Chabuel
Claire Jones
Daniel Stillit
Dilyara Khabrieva
Howard Lesser
Julie Hudson
Peter Hickson
Quentin Freeman
Shirley Morgan-Knott
Stephan Puetter
Stephen Swanton
Cécile Lamotte
Corinne Gagné
Erwan Créhalet
Robert Walker
Stéphane Voisin
Sarj Nahal
Valery Lucas-Leclin
Yannick Ouaknine
Agnès Blazy
Andrew Howard
Marc Fox
Melissa Epperly
Sara Finan
Sarah Forrest
Julie Dolle
Orith Azoulay
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Nick Anderson
Claudia Volk
Hendrik Garz
Patrick Berger
Gareth Williams
Henry Hall
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Sarj Nahal
Valery Lucas-Leclin
Véronique Riches-Flores
Yannick Ouaknine
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Alan Erskine
Alastair Ryan
Alberto Gandolfi
Alex Hugh
Alexander Wright
Alexei Morozov
Andrew Hughes
Anish Kapadia
Avi Hoddes
Bosco Ojeda
Christel Monot
Daniel Stillit
Darren Shaw
David Jessop
Dennis Jullens
Dmitry Vinogradov
Dominic Edridge
Eva Quiroga
Fredric Stahl
Gbola Amusa
Harald Brandl
Ignacio Carvajal Cebrian
Jaime Brandwood
Jarrod Castle
Jason de Rise
Joe Dewhurst
John Slettevold
John-Paul Crutchley
Jon Rigby
Jonathan Leinster
Julie Hudson
Karen Olney
Kim Wright
Laura Janssens (Mills)
Laurent Favre
Marc Thiele
Mark Shepperd
Mark Stockdale
Martin Wales
Matthew Taylor
Melissa Earlam
Michael Briest
Myles Allsop
Neil Cherry
Nick Nelson
Olivia Ker
Olof Cederholm
Patrick Hummel
Per Lekander
Philippe Houchois
Polo Tang
Quentin Freeman
Saud Masud
Shirley Morgan-Knott
Stephen Swanton
Sven Weier
Thomas Gilbert
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Cécile Lamotte
Corinne Gagné
Erwan Créhalet
Stéphane Voisin
Andrew Howard
Jason Channell
Marc Fox
Mariano Alarco
Melissa Epperly
Sara Finan
Sarah Forrest
Sarah Martin
Stephen Benson
Adam Dickens
Barry O'Leary
Burkhard Weiss
Charanjit Singh
Christian Rath
Colin Gibson
Gary Murphy
Gordon Morrison
Horst Schneider
James Magness
Joaquim De Lima
Kevin Bourne
Mark van Lonkhuyzen
Matt Williams
Nick Robins
Niels Fehre
Paul Spedding
Pierre Bosset
Robert Clover
Roshan Padamadan
Shishir Singh
Sonja Kimmeskamp
Stuart Ferguson
Verity Mitchell
Vijay Sumon
Gareth Williams
Meg Brown
Jean-Philippe Desmartin
Léa Sombret
Sébastien Thévoux Chabuel
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Mary Curtis
Julie Dolle
Orith Azoulay
Daniel Brebner
Arindam Basu
Julien Roques
Michael Mitchell
Rupesh Madlani
Patrick Berger
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Claudia Volk
Hendrik Garz
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Daniel Fermon
Didier Laurens
Sarj Nahal
Valery Lucas-Leclin
Yannick Ouaknine
Cécile Lamotte
Corinne Gagné
Dagma Molden
Erwan Créhalet
Robert Walker
Stéphane Voisin
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Ajay Patel
Alan Erskine
Alastair Reid
Alberto Gandolfi
Alex Brooks
Alex Hugh
Andrew Hughes
Andrew Snowdowne
Anish Kapadia
Argiro (Iro) Papadopoulou
Daniel Stillit
Dilyara Khabrieva
Eva Quiroga
Fredric Stahl
Gareth Jenkins
Gbola Amusa
Harald Brandl
Ignacio Carvajal Cebrian
Jeffrey Palma
Jennifer Delaney
Jon Rigby
Jonathan Leinster
Jörn Iffert
Julie Hudson
Keval Khiroya
Kim Wright
Laura Janssens (Mills)
Marc Thiele
Mark Shepperd
Mark Stockdale
Martin Wales
Myles Allsop
Nick Nelson
Nik Modi
Olof Cederholm
Patrick Hummel
Per Lekander
Peter Crampton
Peter Hickson
Philip Finch
Polo Tang
Quentin Freeman
Shirley Morgan-Knott
Stephen Swanton
Sven Weier
Thomas Gilbert
Trevor McDonough
Andrew Howard
Jason Channell
Marc Fox
Melissa Epperly
Sara Finan
Sarah Forrest
Gareth Williams
Meg Brown
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Jean-Philippe Desmartin
Léa Sombret
Sébastien Thévoux Chabuel
Adam Dickens
Barry O'Leary
Burkhard Weiss
Charanjit Singh
Christian Rath
Colin Gibson
Gary Murphy
Gordon Morrison
Horst Schneider
James Magness
Joaquim De Lima
Kevin Bourne
Laurent Kieffer
Mark van Lonkhuyzen
Matt Williams
Nick Robins
Niels Fehre
Paul Spedding
Pierre Bosset
Robert Clover
Roshan Padamadan
Shishir Singh
Sonja Kimmeskamp
Stuart Ferguson
Verity Mitchell
Vijay Sumon
Julie Dolle
Orith Azoulay
John King
Claudia Volk
Hendrik Garz
Agnès Blazy
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Arindam Basu
Julien Roques
Michael Mitchell
Rupesh Madlani
Patrick Berger
Kader Hidra
Nick Anderson
Bob Liao
All Brokerage Firms - SRI And Sustainability (Commissions Paid) - SRI Research
32 (-) Danske Markets Equities (ESN Partnership) 1 0 0 0 0 12 0.07%
Denise Bouchet
Françoise Delva
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Burkhard Weiss
Charanjit Singh
Christian Rath
Gordon Morrison
James Magness
Joaquim De Lima
Kevin Bourne
Laurent Kieffer
Mark van Lonkhuyzen
Nick Robins
Robert Clover
Shishir Singh
Siobhan Smyth
Sonja Kimmeskamp
Stuart Ferguson
Cécile Lamotte
Corinne Gagné
Craig Abbott
Daniel Ovin
Erwan Créhalet
Fernando Lafuente
Phlippe Bumm
Robert Walker
Stéphane Voisin
Alberto Gandolfi
Harald Brandl
Ignacio Carvajal Cebrian
James Lloyd
Jörn Iffert
Julie Hudson
Laurent Favre
Olof Cederholm
Patrick Hummel
Per Lekander
Roni Biron
Shirley Morgan-Knott
Sven Weier
Thomas Gilbert
Torsten Wyss
Didier Laurens
Sarj Nahal
Valery Lucas-Leclin
Yannick Ouaknine
Ben Kluftinger
Kasper Larsen
Shai Hill
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Alastair Bishop
Sean McLoughlin
Arindam Basu
Julien Roques
Michael Mitchell
Rupesh Madlani
Andrew Howard
Jason Channell
Marc Fox
Mariano Alarco
Melissa Epperly
Sara Finan
Sarah Forrest
Sarah Martin
Stephen Benson
Andrew Benson
Gareth Williams
Manuel Palomo
Mark Fielding
Meg Brown
Vidya Anant
Alexander Karnick
Hermann Spellmann
Matthew Yates
Allen Wells
Andrew Humphrey
Kader Hidra
Nick Anderson
Sunil Gupta
Lauren Licuanan
Nicole Schillinger
Robert Schramm
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Anja-Katharina Bohlen
Bernhard Jeggle
Erkan Aycicek
Walter Schneider
Wolfgang Seeliger
Catharina Saponar
Roger Reynolds
Flora Trindade
Javier Suárez
Michael Tappeiner
Roberto Larotonda
Sergio Molisani
Håkon Levy
Götz Fischbeck
Nils Machemehl
Archie Fraser
Lucinda Male
Alex Barnett
James Harris
Michael McNamara
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Claudia Volk
Hendrik Garz
Agustin Hochschild
Julian Lakin
Nick Edwards
Jonathan Mirrlees-Black
Antoine Azar
Céline Chérubin
Jean-Philippe Desmartin
Léa Sombret
Sébastien Thévoux Chabuel
Nick Hyslop
Alexandre Koller
Charles-Louis Planade
Mathieu Jasmin
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Andreas Thielen
Carl-Henrik Frejborg
Claus Almer
Frederik Lunde
Joakim Höglund
Joakim Kindahl
Kenneth Toll Johansson
Lars Topholm
Preben Rasch-Olsen
Thomas Deitz
Ingo Queiser
Julie Arav
Victor Acitores
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21 (-) Matthew Yates, Banc of America Securities - Merrill Lynch 1 0 2 4 4 510 1.82%
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Barry O'Leary
Burkhard Weiss
Charanjit Singh
Christian Rath
Gordon Morrison
James Magness
Joaquim De Lima
Kevin Bourne
Laurent Kieffer
Mark van Lonkhuyzen
Nick Robins
Robert Clover
Roshan Padamadan
Shishir Singh
Sonja Kimmeskamp
Stuart Ferguson
Vijay Sumon
Gareth Williams
Meg Brown
Harald Brandl
Julie Hudson
Shirley Morgan-Knott
Robert Walker
Stéphane Voisin
Sarj Nahal
Yannick Ouaknine
Andrew Howard
Jason Channell
Marc Fox
Sara Finan
Sarah Forrest
Sarah Martin
Stephen Benson
Ben Kluftinger
Shai Hill
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Claudia Volk
Hendrik Garz
Mark Trevitt
Patrick Berger
Kader Hidra
Nick Anderson
All Brokerage Firms - SRI And Sustainability (Commissions Paid) - Integrated Climate Change
27 (-) NCB Stockbrokers (ESN Partnership) 0 1 0 0 0 24 0.24%
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TOP 10 INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROVIDERS FOR SRI & SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH SERVICES
RANK FIRM NAME 2010 %
1ST RISKMETRICS GROUP 18.4
2ND INNOVEST STRATEGIC VALUE ADVISORS 15.9
3RD EIRIS 12.5
4TH GLASS LEWIS 10.8
5TH VIGEO 9.2
6TH TRUCOST 7.6
7TH ABI (VIS) 7.3
8TH GMI RATINGS 5.4
9TH KLD RESEARCH & ANALYTICS 4.2
10TH MANIFEST 3.4
TOP 20 QUOTED COMPANIES FOR INVESTOR RELATIONS WITH SRI & SUSTAINABILITY INVESTORS
RANK FIRM NAME 2010 %
1ST ROYAL DUTCH SHELL 8.3
2ND TESCO PLC 7.8
3RD NOVO NORDISK 7.6
4TH BARCLAYS PLC 7.2
5TH ANGLO AMERICAN PLC 6.5
6TH NESTLE SA 6.4
7TH BHP BILLITON 5.8
8TH GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC 5.3
9TH H&M HENNES & MAURTIZ AB 4.4
10TH BMW GROUP 3.7
11TH BT GROUP PLC 3.5
12TH ABB 3.1
13TH UNILEVER 2.9
14TH RBS 2.8
15TH SANTANDER 2.5
16TH KINGFISHER PLC 2.4
17TH TOTAL SA 2.2
18TH XSTRATA PLC 1.8
19TH SANOFI-AVENTIS 1.6
20TH ALLIANZ SE 1.5
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