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Ethical Business: Companies
Analysis, for 4000+ entities globally that are rated by Fitch for creditworthiness (i.e., an entity's ability to pay its debts). Analysis covers key credit rating drivers (operating environment, financial flexibility, product pipeline, etc.). Entities are rated annually.
Fitch offers both in-depth reports and numeric information. To find this, search for an entity, e.g. Volkswagen. On an entity's overview page, look for the following:
Reports:
Fortune also has a website devoted to the list (some content may be behind a paywall).
Ethical Business: Advocacy & Accountability
Ethical Business: Academic and Trade Articles
Ethical Business: Data
From the World Bank. Incorporates data relevant to all 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Data are in themes the World Bank considers to be crucial for financial sector representatives to consider when assessing the contribution of investments or policies to sustainable development.
FAQ: What's the jargon?
Sustainability
Its broad elements are: social, environmental, and economic responsibility, AKA the three pillars of people, planet, and profit.
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Social Enterprise
Those organizations (for profit or non profit) that address a basic unmet need or solve a social problem through a market-driven approach.
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
In CSR, the concept of Responsibility has two sub-meanings. 1- avoiding harm to others, and 2- engaging in charitable or redistributionist activities.
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Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG)
The three aspects of CSR, often discussed in terms of governance, are abbreviated ESG- Environment, Social, and Governance.
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