Sunday, December 20, 2009

Finnish Companies Best in Europe in Communicating CSR

In a new Spotlight Report by Swedish consultancy Hallvarsson & Halvarsson accoutrement Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) it is apparent that Finnish companies are best in Europe in advice their CSR activities on their websites. The address is based on a analysis of 631 accumulated websites.

Stockholm, Sweden -- Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, is accepting in accent in accumulated advice and the website is the accustomed abode to acknowledge advice to all kinds of stakeholders.

UK companies in acute sectors such as oil, tobacco and booze accept been aboriginal adopters in communicating their CSR activities. With the acceleration of advancement on ecology and bloom issues, and the blooming new apple of blogging, these companies charge to abode what is said about them abroad as well Rank -- CSR account in H&H Webranking -- Country
1 -- 3.06 -- Finland
2 -- 2.78 -- UK
3 -- 2.65 -- Netherlands
4 -- 2.64 -- France
5 -- 2.60 -- Spain
6 -- 2.58 -- Norway
7 -- 2.48 -- Sweden
8 -- 2.46 -- Germany
9 -- 2.28 -- Switzerland
10 -- 1.88 -- Hungary

The absolute boilerplate account is 2.82

The aboriginal footfall in the analysis is to poll banking analysts, investors and business journalists above Europe about CSR accompanying issues. From the poll a agreement with CSR specific belief are created which is acclimated in reviewing the companies.

A lot of the top scoring companies accept sustainability and agnate issues top on their agenda. It is no accompaniment that top scorers in this chic are companies with arguable products, such as the tobacco behemothic BAT (British American Tobacco) or the oil aggregation Shell.

"UK companies in acute sectors such as oil, tobacco and booze accept been aboriginal adopters in communicating their CSR activities. With the acceleration of advancement on ecology and bloom issues, and the blooming new apple of blogging, these companies charge to abode what is said about them abroad as well", says Marcus Eriksson arch of the analysis at H&H.

INCREASED DEMAND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
Increased appeal for ecology advice is the ascendant change according to the survey. The agitation about altitude change has aswell fabricated an appulse on the websites advised and abounding companies broadcast their continuing on the affair on their sites. There is aswell a top focus on alms and standardised information, such as ISO 14001.

80 % COOPERATE WITH NGOs
More than 80 per cent of the European companies acquaint a ample co-operation with NGOs, such as WWF, Red Cross, UNICEF and SOS Children's Villages on their accumulated websites.

THE TOP SECTORS
Utilities, Basic industries and High tech are the three top sectors. Again it appears as the added apparent a area is for albatross issues, the added CSR is announced on the accumulated website.

CSR is an across that has acquired added absorption recently. The aggregate of basic invested according to ethical attempt has increased, "Investors and armamentarium managers appeal this advice added often. Even sellside analysts are now absorbed in CSR, because it is now so basic to any company's action so that it is acceptable a way of assessing risk. Today CSR issues are aswell far added measurable, which is what analysts need, says Marcus Eriksson.

ORDER THE REPORT
To acquisition out added about how companies abode CSR issues and how they are announced you can adjustment the abounding address through our website. More advice and adjustment the Spotlight CSR report

CONTACTS
Marcus Eriksson
Head of H&H Webranking
Tel: +46 8 407 22 17

Tommy Borglund
Head of CSR casework
Tel: +46 8 407 22 63

Miriam Thunborg
Research
Tel + 46 8 407 22 94

About H&H Webranking
H&H Webranking is Europe's arch analysis of accumulated websites. It has been conducted annually back 1997. Each year about 700 websites are reviewed. Results are appear in banking newspapers about Europe.

All the data of the ranking, analysis and the library of best practices are accessible to adjustment through our website.
 

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    Hallvarsson & Halvarsson AB (H&H) is the arch accumulated communications and banking communications agency in the Nordics with about 100 consultants. Through it's H&H Webranking analysis and Online Corporate Communications analysis and advising casework a baton in Europe with a cogent amount of Euro Top 500 companies as clients.

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