The Asset ESG Awards 2019

Welcome to The Asset ESG Awards Submission.

The Asset ESG Awards offers a rigorous benchmarking service for listed companies with regard to corporate sustainability. The criteria used to assess the companies include a range of metrics of financial performance, which are also a proxy for gauging management acumen. Companies are also evaluated according to the quality of their governance, social responsibility, environmental responsibility and investor relations.

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Only completed submissions will be considered.  The deadline for submission is on Aug 30, 2019

 

Company Information

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* Please complete all parts below

Awards

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* Which award(s) do you wish to be considered for?

In addition to the Platinum, Gold and Titanium awards, The Asset gives special corporate initiatives awards as well as awards honouring the best CEO and IR team. If you wish to apply for these award(s) please specify below (please pick all that apply).

Credit Ratings

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Please input your company’s credit rating from the below rating agencies:

Current Rating
Fitch
Moody's
Standard & Poor's

If your company is rated by other rating agencies please list them below:

Rating AgencyCurrent Rating

Please rank your preferred credit rating agencies.

Choices Your rank
  • Fitch Ratings
  • Moody’s
  • Standard & Poor’s

Corporate Governance - Board of Directors

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Is the CEO also the chairperson of the company?

Is your chairperson a previous CEO of the company?

Please answer the following:
How many directors sit on the board?
How many of the directors are women?
How many are independent non-executive directors?

What is the average tenure of your independent directors?

Can past employees become independent non-executive directors on your board?

Please identify the professional background your independent directors represent.

What compensation do your independent directors receive?

What is the percentage of their remuneration that is paid in shares?

How long after the end of your financial year did you publish your annual financial report?

Do you have a dividend policy?

What percentage of your operating profit is allocated to investors as the dividend? (%)

Please use this space below to provide any additional information in support of your response for this section.

Corporate Governance - Audit

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Is the audit committee chaired by an independent non-executive director?

Please answer the following questions regarding the audit committee:
How many directors sit on the committee?
How many of the directors are women?
How many are independent non-executive directors?
How many times did the audit committee meet last year?
What is the term/tenure limit of your external auditing firm?

Please answer the following:

YesNo
Has your company been free from fines, reprimands or other censure in the last 12 months?
Does your company have a policy that restricts the non-audit services provided by your external auditor?

What is the percentage of last year’s audit fee did external auditors earn for the provision of non-audit services (tax advice, valuation services, due diligence etc)

Please use this space below to provide any additional information in support of your response for this section.

Corporate Governance - Remuneration Committee

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Is the remuneration committee chaired by an independent non-executive director?

Please answer the following questions regarding the remuneration committee:
How many directors sit on the committee?
How many of the directors are women?
How many are independent non-executive directors?

Please answer the following:

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Does the remuneration committee have the responsibility for determining the remuneration of all executive directors, including the chairman?
Does the remuneration committee oversee the administration of the group share option schemes?
Do you have a share option scheme for senior management?
Are directors involved in the determination of their own salary package?

What specific key performance indicators (financial and non-financial targets) do you base your incentive-based remuneration for key executives?

What percentage of the CEO's pay is linked to the company's stated key performance indicators?

Please use this space below to provide any additional information in support of your response for this section.

Corporate Governance - Risk Management Committee

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Is the risk management committee chaired by an independent non-executive director?

Please answer the following questions regarding the risk management committee:
How many directors sit on the committee?
How many of the directors are women?
How many are independent non-executive directors?

Please rank at least three Top-of-mind areas for management currently.

  • Operational
  • Environmental & sustainability
  • Information technology security
  • Investment
  • Financial and capital
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Reputation and brand
  • Other, please specify

Please specify other area for management currently:

Please cite how your company manage and response to accident and emergency situation (i.e. natural disasters, power cut, injury)?

How do you safeguard Client data privacy?

In the instances of being hacked, how would your company respond?

Please use this space below to provide any additional information in support of your response for this section.

Corporate Governance - Nomination Committee

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Is the nomination committee chaired by an independent non-executive director?

Please answer the following questions regarding the nomination committee:
How many directors sit on the committee?
How many of the directors are women?
How many are independent non-executive directors?

Does the nomination committee include the chairman of the board?

How was the last independent non-executive director chosen?

Please use this space below to provide any additional information in support of your response for this section.

Corporate Governance - Voting Rights

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Do you give existing shareholders pre-emption rights over share issuance?

Do all shares have equal voting rights?

Is a dual class structure worth exploring for your subsidiaries or affiliates going forward?

What measures are you taking to protect the interest of minority shareholders?

Please use this space below to provide any additional information in support of your response for this section.

Social Responsibility Policy

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Which of these issues does your company include in its social responsibility policies and actions? (Please select ALL that apply)

Is there a board member with a special remit for social responsibility?

Is social responsibility policy included in the board's corporate strategy?

Please cite specific targets and initiatives the company plans to achieve this year on social responsibility.

Social Responsibility - Employment and Labour Practice

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Does your company have a published code of ethics for employees?

What issues employees are encouraged to raise up to their management?

According to your company policy, how is the whistleblower protected?

Does your company have a policy on anti-discrimination, equality, inclusion and diversity?

How is the policy being implemented in the company?

Please answer the following questions:
What is the percentage of net earnings allocated to professional training and further education of employees? (%)
What is the percentage of women that are in management positions? (%)

Do you have an activity or programme aimed at boosting employee engagement?

Please cite the most significant outcome of last year’s engagement initiatives?

Social Responsibility - Supply Chain Management

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Are social responsibility factors incorporated in the general procurement process?

Please cite specific targets the company plans to achieve last year on social responsibility.

Does your company verify that international labour standards are being adhered to at all points in your supply chain?

How does your company verify that international labour standards are being adhered?

Is the social responsibility policy in your supply chain subject to verification?

Please cite third-party verification (i.e. SA 8000 Social Accountability Certification), training or certification on social responsibility in the last 3 years, if any.

Social Responsibility - Health and Safety

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Please cite your company workplace/occupational health and safety policies.

How does your company ensure health and safety in workplace?

Social Responsibility - UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Does your company develop and commit to SDGs?

Please cite which SDGs the company are committed to and what are the targets.

Social Responsibility - Upcoming Strategies

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What strategies are you pursuing in social responsibility initiatives?

Please use this space below to provide any additional information in support of your response for Social Responsibility section.

Environmental Management

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Does your board have clearly defined oversight over the impact of the company on the environment?

Are executive officers mandated to monitor the company’s impact on the environment and coordinate appropriate mitigation strategies?

Does your company verify that all parties in your supply chain adhere to internally acceptable environmental standards?

How often do the executive officers meet to evaluate the progress made by the company on the environmental protection front?

Please cite any third-party certification (i.e. ISO 14000 Environmental Management Certification), verification or training on environmental protection or energy efficiency achieved in the last 3 years.

Environmental Responsibility - Waste

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Is your company involved in recycling or waste management?

What are the target and actual amount of recycled wastes last year?

PaperPlasticMetalOthers
Target (in tonnes)
Actual (in tonnes)

Environmental Responsibility - Water

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Does your company measure water consumption?

What are the target and actual water consumption last year?
Target (cbm)
Actual (cbm)

Environmental Responsibility - Energy Efficiency

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Does your office/office building obtain any green building certification (i.e. BEAM PLUS, LEED)?

What green building certification rating does your company obtained?

LEEDBEAM PLUSOther

Please cite the most significant outcome of your environmental and energy saving initiatives.

Environmental Responsibility - Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission

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How do you calculate the GHG emission and carbon footprint of your company?

What are your direct (Scope 1) and indirect (Scope 2 & Scope 3) GHG and air emissions are from?

What are the target and actual GHG Emission last year?
Target (tonnes of CO2e)
Actual (tonnes of CO2e)

What is driving your interest in ESG? (Please drag and drop the items to the blank box to rank ALL that apply)

  • Stakeholder / community demand
  • Headline risk / reputation risk management
  • Regulation and legal requirements
  • Ethical parameters / values
  • Belief that ESG factors play a key role in broader financial performance
  • Fiduciary requirements
  • Volatility management
  • Stewardship codes
  • To see positive environmental or social impacts
  • Others, please specify:

Please specify your answer below:

Environmental Responsibility - Upcoming Strategies

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What strategies are you pursuing in environmental initiatives?

Please use this space below to provide any additional information in support of your response for Environmental Responsibility section.

Investor Relations

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How many investor meetings did the CEO or CFO personally attend?

How many company visits for institutional investors or buyside analysts did senior management hold last year?

01-1011-20>20
On-Site
Investor conferences
Roadshows

How often do you conduct investor webcasts and investor conference calls?

01-2011-20>20
Number of investor conference calls per year
Number of investor webcasts per year

What does your annual report include:

Online
only		Hardcopy
only		BothNone
Information about environmental matters (including the impact of the company’s business on the environment)
Information about the company’s employees’ recruitment, training etc.
Corporate Governance Report
Information about social responsibility

Do you have a separate report on sustainability or ESG initiatives?

How long before the last AGM did shareholders receive the agenda?

With new European regulation taking effect beginning January 2018, banks no longer are permitted to offer certain services to investors. How has your access to investors been affected?

If you have been affected by the new regulation, how are you dealing with it?

How likely are you to adopt so-called “integrated reporting”?

Please use this space below to provide any additional information in support of your response for this section.

Digital Communications and Social Media

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Is there a separate section or dedicated website for the company's corporate governance and/or investor relations?

Is there an English-language version of the section or website?

What does the English-language version of the site include?

Is the English-language version of the site used to communicate the following types of financial news?

Does the English-language version of the site provide the user with the following helpful information?

Do you provide broker reports irrespective of whether his/her opinion is positive or negative on your website?

On your website do you include: (Please select ALL that apply)

Are you present on these social media channels? (Please select ALL that apply)

Do you have a dedicated team managing your social media channels?

Do you have a social media strategy?

What type of information do you broadcast via social media?

Please use this space below to provide any additional information in support of your response for this section.

Investor References

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Please give the names and contact details of three investors who could be interviewed to comment on your company.
(Please do not give names of sellside analysts and members of the board of directors)

NameCompanyE-mailPhone
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Special Awards

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Submissions for the Asset Corporate Initiatives awards

  • The Asset Best Initiative in Innovation
  • The Asset Best Initiative in Social Responsibility
  • The Asset Best Initiative in Environmental Responsibility
  • The Asset Best Initiative in Diversity and Inclusion
  • The Asset Best Chief Executive Officer Award
  • The Asset Best Investor Relations Team Award

should address the following:

1) Nature and origination process

  • What is the initiative? Has it launched or is it still in a planning stage?
  • What is the beginning purpose commitment for launching the initiative?
  • How was this idea generated? Which department(s) are/is responsible or involved in the process?
  • Which part of the initiative is original?
  • How is the initiative unique or novel compared to other innovation initiative in the industry?
  • Ideally, how is the initiative adding value to the company and society?

 

2) Effectiveness and implementation process

  • What is the current opportunity the initiative seeks to address?
  • Who is the target beneficiary?
  • How was the initiative implemented? Which department(s) are/is responsible or involved in the process?
  • What is/are the outcome(s) of the initiative?
  • How do you measure the effectiveness of the initiative(s) launched?
  • What proportion of GHG emissions has been reduced? (Environmental Initiative only)
  • Could the initiative be easily replicated by other companies?
  • Could you provide testimony from the company’s staff who implement the initiative?
  • Could you provide beneficiaries’ feedbacks on the effectiveness and positive impact of the initiative?

 

3) Commitment and efficiency

  • What are resources applied or utilized to launch the initiative?
  • What is your company’s estimation of resources put to launch the initiatives?
  • How do you make sure the proceeds are used on the beneficiary? (Diversity and Inclusion award)
  • How do you measure the efficiency of the initiative(s) launched?
  • How do you ensure the initiative is sustainable in the coming years?

4) Management of externalities

  • Who are the possible negatively affected stakeholders?
  • How do you compensate the negatively affected stakeholders?
  • How do you measure the efficiency of the initiative(s) launched?
  • Could you provide feedbacks of some negatively affected stakeholders on impact of the initiatives?

Additional Information

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