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Areas of Assessment
The oekom Corporate Rating assesses companies' responsibility towards:
 | persons affected by corporate activities (social sustainability) |
| the natural environment (environmental sustainability) |
In order to be able to analyse comprehensively the diverse environmental and social challenges relating to the activities of companies, oekom research AG has developed a pool of indicators. These currently number approximately 700. For each company, an average of 100 indicators are selected from this pool on an industry-specific basis so that a targeted evaluation of the problems specific to that company can be carried out.
Sustainability Matrix
The social and environmental impacts of industries differ. Therefore, subject to its relevance, each industry analysed is being classified in a Sustainability Matrix.
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Depending on this classification, the two components of the Corporate Rating, i.e. the Social Rating and the Environmental Rating, are weighted.
| Weighting | Weighting |
Automobile | 40% | 60% |
Textiles | 50% | 50% |
Retail | 60% | 40% |
Evaluation
The overall analysis is based on a twelve-point grading system from A+ to D-:
A+: | excellent performance |
D-: | poor performance |
oekom Prime Status
oekom research awards Prime Status to those companies which according to the oekom Corporate Rating are among the leaders in their industry and which meet industry-specific minimum requirements.
Companies may use the oekom Prime Logo in their public relations work to demonstrate their above-average commitment to environmental and social issues.
