McQuade LibGuides: Finance: Social Responsbility, Sustainability

Corporate Responsibility Reports

What does the company say about its social responsbility 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
A company's annual Form 10-K filing includes a section "Legal Proceedings" highlighting any major legal suits that could affect the company.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Possible search strategy:
Walmart and (civil actions or litigation or settlements or legal)
Nexis Uni Company Dossier This link opens in a new window
Search for public or private companies, create a list or compare companies with quick links to a wide range of sources including mergers & acquisitions, legal and intellectual property, SEC Filings, news and more.

Search Business Source Premier and ProQuest Business combining the company name with relevant terms, such as:

companyname AND (sustainability OR environment OR green)

companyname AND social responsibility

company name AND ethic?

Note: ethic? searches for: ethic, ethics, ethical

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Try strategies above using the Advanced Search.

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Collection of 38,000+ streaming videos ranging from documentaries to educational films to instructional videos.

Ethical Markets 8: Transforming Finance Series
Eight 30-minute videos on topics from social investing to women in finance, globalization and triple bottom line. From Ethical Markets Media.