Partners

Research Partners

The ASR™ is an ESG benchmarking tool that was developed from a collaboration between Responsible Research and CSR Asia. Responsible Research Pte Ltd, an independent ESG research company based in Singapore, exclusively owns the rights to the methodology and data. If you would like to know more about the ASR™, provide feedback or support, please contact us as info@asiansr.com.

Responsible Research

Responsible ResearchResponsible Research is the leading provider of independent Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) research in Asia for global institutional investors. Their approach is based on analysis of material ESG factors, which increasingly affect both investment decisions and sustainability in the region. Their clients, mostly active asset owners and asset managers who have signed on to the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment, find that annual reports, investment banking analysts reports and their own financial models do not cover all risks to earnings. In order to deliver superior long-term alpha, fulfil their fiduciary duties and reduce volatility in their portfolios, these investors require deeper thinking and analysis of the non-financial risks which can affect performance of their holdings.

Responsible Research was founded in 2008 by a group of respected sustainability and investment banking experts who have been instrumental in promoting corporate responsibility and responsible investment practices in Asia for over 10 years. These directors work in collaboration with our full time Asian Responsible Investment (RI) analysts and the Responsible Research Alliance, a network of consultants with subject matter expertise linked by social networking technology across disciplines and geographies. Together, this team provides a valuable balance of ESG and market knowledge, academic rigour, process and data management, senior level contacts and investment management experience.

The company is actively involved with many global initiatives to promote responsible investment and sustainability including the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, the UN backed Principles of Responsible Investment, the Asia Water Project, the Emerging Market Disclosure Project, the Asian Association of Independent Research Providers and Association of Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia. Responsible Research also hosts seminars and roundtables on critical sustainability issues, bringing investors together with companies, industry associations and NGOs to discuss practical collaborative solutions to the greatest ESG challenges of our time.

Responsible Research contact:

Claire Veuthey, Business Development Manager

Tel: + 65 6304 3554

Email: claire@responsibleresearch.com

CSR Asia

CSR Asia is the leading provider of sustainability advisory services, training, research on sustainable business practices and CSR intelligence that is specifically relevant for the Asia Pacific region. CSR Asia has a regional network of offices, staffed by a team of experts, ensuring that our clients keep ahead of the CSR issues as they evolve in the Asia- Pacific region.

CSR Asia was founded in 2004 and has offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Edinburgh, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. CSR Asia works with leading Asia based companies and Western based multi-national clients and our work locations include the countries where we have offices plus Brunei, Colombia, Indonesia, France, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Vietnam.

At CSR Asia we have been providing CSR Intelligence for use by our clients through our website, CSR Asia Weekly newsletter and research. Our CSR Intelligence enables companies and their stakeholders to better understand the issues, those who influence the issues and the solutions. We work closely with clients on sustainability disclosure, using the process as an improvement and assessment as well as communication exercise, providing more than just a report. We have also developed a series of tools for use by business to meet sustainability challenges these include FIT5 (Factory Improvement Training) and the Community Investment Scorecard. Our tailored in-house and public training enables companies to understand sustainability issues and use best international practice for improvements.

CSR Asia contact:

Erin Lyon, Executive Director

Tel: (+65) 9637 9580

Email: elyon@csr-asia.com