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The HVB Nachhaltigkeits-Index is based on the strict guidelines of the investment universe from oekom research AG. These are based on the worldwide most comprehensive criterion collection for the ethical assessment of enterprise (Frankfurt-Hohenheimer guide: developed with the theological and economic-scientific faculty of the universities of Frankfurt and high home). The guidelines value the responsibility of the enterprise towards:
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the natural environment (physical compatibility) |
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the person affected by the enterprise activities (social compatibility) |
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of the society and the cultures (cultural compatibility) |
Best-in-class: I.e. Must undertake within her branches to the best in the matter of environment and social belong (Corporate Responsibility rating)
Investigation criteria Corporate Responsibility rating:
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Environmental Rating |
Environmental management: Enterprise example and enterprise purposes, program, ecological balance, Controlling, Reporting, cooperations, office ecology, procurement
Ecological product development and service development: Longevity, consumption reduction and issue reduction, avoidance of materials injurious to environment, ecological optimisation of services
ecological efficiency: Energy consumption, water consumption, Waste amount, waste composition, pollutants in the sewage, issues in exhaust air
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Social Cultural Rating | Management: Enterprise example and enterprise purposes, audits, Reporting, co-determination
relations with employees: Working hours, remuneration, workplace security, health and security in the workplace, equal opportunities
relations with external claim groups: Supplier, customers, product responsibility, Corporate Governance, state and community, social standards abroad, corruption, cartel offence
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