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Title:	The outline of the assessment process
Date of publishing:	September 20, 2011
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Language:	English
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The outline of the assessment process

• Positive criteria assessment
• Exclusion criteria assessment
• Screening in terms of controversies
• Rating
• Communication

Positive criteria assessment
The company is assessed on the basis of the positive criteria defined by Forum ETHIBEL in the Ethibel label specifications.These specifications consist of six study domains which cover all aspects of corporate social responsibility (CSR):human rights, human capital, the environment, social impact, market ethics and good governance.

Exclusion criteria assessment
Forum ETHIBEL also lists exclusion criteria:companies involved in the tobacco industry, gambling, nuclear energy and weapons, are automatically excluded.

Screening in terms of controversies
Involvement in other controversial activities such as hazardous chemicals, the sex industry, GMOs in food, alcohol and cruelty to animals are carefully evaluated and will, in certain cases, not result in exclusion.

Rating
After the assessment a rating will be assigned to the company which is the result of the individual performance on the different criteria.

Communication
Every company is kept up-to-date about the assessment and will be granted full access to the assessment report.A short summary is also published.

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• Which businesses will be assessed?
• Collecting information for the assessment
• Origin and basis of the assessment method
• International standards and conventions which support the Ethibel assessment method
• Evaluated domains and evaluation criteria
• The positive selection criteria
• Evaluation per industry
• 3 aspects of the assessment
• How are companies quoted and classified?
• Negative or exclusion criteria
• Which activities or practices are controversial?
• How are ratings assigned?
• The advantages of Forum ETHIBEL rating for companies
• Also government bonds