A rewarded approach
Société Générale is a component stock of the sustainable development indexes ASPI and FTSE4 Good.*
Above-average rating for the sector
SAM (the Sustainability Asset Management agency which is the ratings agency for the Dow Jones sustainable development indexes), rates Société Générale's CSR performance each year.
For the banking sector, Société Générale was awarded the title "mover 2010" (by SAM), given to the company that achieved the biggest proportional improvement in its sustainability performance compared with last year*.
An approach recognized by Vigeo
Société Générale is a component part of the ASPI Eurozone® index, which includes 120 listed companies among the best rated in the Eurozone on the basis of Vigeo’s ESG ratings. Société Générale’s profile was last updated by Vigeo end of 2009.
The rating attributed to Société Générale falls under Vigeo’s intellectual property rights since 2007.
In August 2008, GMI (Governance Metrics International ) assigned Société Générale a rating of 2.5 (compared with an average of 4.4 for companies in France).
At the end of 2008, OEKOM Research assigned an overall grade ‘C’ to Société Générale Group "C" (social and cultural rating of "C", and environmental rating of "C-"), on a scale of D- to A+. This result classifies Société Générale as PRIME according to the former’s rating methodology. Consequently Société Generale’s tradeable bonds and share qualify for ecologically and socially based investment.
At the start of February 2008, Innovest rated Société Générale Group "A" on a scale of CCC to AAA.
The Thomson Reuters Extel 2009 pan-European survey named Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking for the quality of its Cross Asset research: institutional investors rated the bank 1st in the field of socially-responsible investment.
The Capitalcom - RiskMetrics 2009 ranking lists Société Générale top out of the CAC 40's leading companies for diversity, as much in terms of the quality of its data as in its practices.
Societe Generale is present in the Climate Disclosure Leadership Index France 2009. It is the sole actor from the 'banking and financial services sector', among the 20 leaders selected.
* verified by Ernst & Young
