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Use of ASR™

Companies

• Review your sustainability disclosure and performance against a set of globally accepted sustainability indicators

• Benchmark yourselves against your Asian peers and within your domestic listed universe

Investors

• Screen ESG portfolio risk by identifying poor reporters

• Select issues to engage with companies on to improve disclosure

• Create indices on sustainability performance in Asian markets
• Compare an Asian sector on sustainability vs other emerging markets

• Compare sustainability performance across sectors and markets in Asia
• Conduct baseline survey for portfolio prior to engagement exercise, for example once signing UNPRI

Policy makers

• Understand where domestic disclosure is lacking

• Track performance of listed entities after disclosure regulations have been implemented

Civil society, NGOs and the Media

• Highlight companies with poor disclosure which may indicate significant environmental, social or transparency issues

• Report on non-compliance with international and local environmental and social regulations

• Understand which sectors and companies may suffer future reputational risk

• Track performance on sustainability issues as a KPI of a programme or project

Academics

• Assist further comparative studies on environmental, social and governace performance and how it relates to financial performance thus providing the ‘proof’ required for more investors and companies to focus on these issues

• Join the project to build capacity on sustainability disclosure within your academic institutions

Sector analysis or additional analysis can be provided for companies or other stakeholders wishing to know how companies are performing on sustainability disclosure. Investors, NGOs and media are also invited to access indicator data. Please contact us at info@asiansr.com for more information.