McQuade LibGuides: FIN4433 Portfolio Analysis (Sackos) Fall 2023: Social Responsibility & Sustainability

Corporate Responsibility Reports

What does the company say about its social responsibility and sustainability initiatives?

Global Reporting Database
The Global Reporting Initiative has helped to set standards for corporate reporting on sustainable issues and now maintains a database of corporate reports. A link to the full pdf report is at the bottom of the reports record.
CorporateRegister
Register for free access to corporate non-financial reports, including Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainability, environmental and social reports.
Sustainability Reports
Current corporate reports listed by country and sector.

World's Most Ethical Companies
From Ethisphere.com
Corporate Knights
Canadian media and research company rating companies as corporate citizens for sustainability and social and economic benefits - "clean capitalism."
Glass Door
Reviews from current and past employees with current local job opening.
Reputation Institute
Ranks the top global and US companies by reputations. You may need to register for some reports.
Green America Responsible Shopper
Open Secrets
The Center for Responsive Politics looks analyzes corporate donations in politics among other related topics. Use the Search feature to find a company report.
CSR Hub
Free data includes ratings of a company's social responsibility, but the free data may be limited. The company's description may include a link to the company's own CSR reports.

ESG Investing

See James Mackintosh's Wall Street Journal article "Streetwise: Social, Environmental Investment Scores Diverge" (September 18, 2018), comparing 3 different ratings.

SEC EDGAR This link opens in a new window
Search by company name or ticker symbol to obtain annual 10K, 10Q, proxy, S1 and other required filings. Annual filings are critical sources of company & industry data. The annual report to stockholders may also be included, but not always.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Search BSP for company profiles, industry and market research reports, country reports, and articles from trade and scholarly business publications.