RepRisk AG, Zurich, Switzerland | www.reprisk.com | RepRisk® is a registered trademark.

Zurich, Switzerland

An introduction to RepRisk

RepRisk AG

February 2018

The leading research tool to help you flag, assess, and monitor ESG risks in your business

RepRisk delivers leading research solutions to mitigate ESG and business conduct risks

§ RepRisk is a pioneer in ESG and business conduct risk research and business intelligence

§ 1998: Founded as a risk consultancy serving the financial sector

§ 2006: Launch of the RepRisk Platform as a due diligence solution to help firms identify, assess, and monitor risks and violations of international standards in their business

§ Today: Runs the world’s most comprehensive database on ESG risks,serving 200+ clients globally – and the only provider to cover private companies and projects in developed, emerging and frontier markets.

§ Headquarters in Zurich, with offices in Berlin, Manila, and Toronto

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RepRisk serves clients worldwide – helping them prevent and mitigate ESG risks in their business

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Our framework: ESG risks can materially impact a firm’s social license to operate and its bottom line

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Environmental Social GovernancePollution, waste, climate change

Human rights abuses, labor, discrimination

Corruption, bribery, tax evasion, fraud

Compliance risks Reputational risks Financial risks

Business conduct risks

Our research approach: It’s not enough to look at policies – you must look at performance

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§ Focuses on performance

§ Based on media, stakeholders, and public sources external to a company

§ Provides a timely and effective “reality check”about what is happening on-the-ground, i.e. how a company conducts its business where it operates around the world

§ Focuses on intention

§ Based on a company’s own self-reporting, such as:

§ Sustainability or CSR Reports

§ Company website

§ Company Code of Conduct and policies

§ Management systems and certifications (e.g. ISO 14001)

RepRisk: Outside-in perspective Other providers: Inside-out focus

There are two sources of information used to assess a company:

Our research input: A daily screening of big data to systematically identify and assess ESG risks

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Print media

NGOs

Blogs

ResearchfirmsGov’t

agencies

News sites

Newsletters Twitter

RegulatorsThinktanks

Big data: Daily screening of +80,000 sources and stakeholders

Identify, curate, assess, and quantify

ESG risks

Our language coverage: Research in 16 languages supports the early identification of risks

§ Risks often appear earlier at the local level in local languages

§ Research in 16 major business languages supports the early identification of risks

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Arabic English Italian Portuguese

Chinese Finnish Japanese Russian

Danish French Korean Spanish

Dutch German Norwegian Swedish

Our research scope: Comprises 28 ESG Issues in line with key international standards

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Note: The 28 RepRisk ESG Issues map the Ten principles of the UN Global Compact

ENVIRONMENT SOCIAL GOVERNANCEEnvironmental Footprint Community Relations Employee Relations Corporate Governance

Global pollution (Climate change and GHG emissions)

Human rights abuses and corporate complicity

Forced labor Corruption, bribery, extortion, money laundering

Local pollution Impacts on communities Child labor Executive compensation issues

Impacts on ecosystems and landscapes

Local participation issues Freedom of association and collective bargaining

Misleading communication

Overuse and wasting of resources

Social discrimination Discrimination in employment

Fraud

Waste issues Occupational health and safety issues

Tax evasion

Animal mistreatment Poor employment conditions Tax optimization

Anti-competitive practices

Cross-cutting Issues

Controversial products and services Products (health and environmental issues) Supply chain issues

Violation of national legislation Violation of international standards

Our research scope: Also covers 45 Topic Tags –ESG “hot topics” that are specific and thematic

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Abusive/Illegal fishing Agricultural commodity speculation Alcohol Animal transportation Arctic drilling

AsbestosAutomatic and semi-automatic weapons Cluster munitions Coal-fired power plants Conflict minerals

Coral reefs Deep sea drilling Depleted uranium munitions Diamonds Drones

Endangered species Forest burning Fracking Gambling Genetically modified organisms (GMOs)

Genocide/Ethnic cleansing

High conservation value forests Human trafficking Hydropower (dams) Illegal logging

Indigenous people Involuntaryresettlement Land grabbing Land mines Migrant labor

Monocultures Mountaintop removal mining Negligence Nuclear power Oil sands

Palm oil Pornography Predatory lending Privacy violations Protected areas

Rare earths Sea-bed mining Soy Tobacco Water scarcity

Our issue-driven methodology: Systematically captures any company exposed to risks, globally

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Linked to a company or

project

ESG or business conduct

issue

Risk(adverse incident,

criticism, allegation, accident,

scandal, etc.)

LINKED:SectorCountryIssueTopicNGOCase

Criteria for selection into the RepRisk database

Curated risk research, metrics, and analytics

Risk incidentsare curated, analyzed, and given a severity score and summary

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Artificial and human intelligence translates big data into a powerful due diligence tool

Artificial Intelligence Human Intelligence Due Diligence Tool

Big data:500k news screened and pre-processedper day

Aggregator Admin RepRisk Platform

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Our research output: RepRisk runs the world’s most comprehensive database on ESG risks

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Global analysis

All sectors and industries

+100,000 companies

+25,000 projects

Factories, mines, pipelines, plantations, dams, ports, etc.

Developed, emerging, frontier

Listed, non-listed, state-owned

Figures grow daily

+30-50 per day +10-20 per day

The RepRisk difference: Daily-updated, curated, comprehensive business intelligence

Other ESG research providers

Outside-in analysis Company-provided info

Daily updates Annually, quarterly

Listed companies

Non-listed companies Little or no coverage

Emerging, frontier markets Little or no coverage

Project data No

Languages 16 languages Few, usually around 5

10+ years of data history No

Consistent methodology Often changed over time

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RepRisk selects and defines its ESG research scope in line with key international standards

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The Equator Principles

World Bank Group (IFC) Performance Standards

World Bank Group Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

UN Guiding Principles on Human Rights

ILO Conventions

United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI)

UN Convention Against Corruption

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

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Zurich Headquarters RepRisk AG Phone +41 43 300 54 40Stampfenbachstrasse 42 Fax +41 43 300 54 468006 ZurichSwitzerland

EMEA Hub RepRisk Germany GmbHRosenthaler Strasse 2310119 BerlinGermany

Americas Hub RepRisk North America Inc.545 King Street WestToronto ON M5V 1M1Canada

Asia Pacific Hub RepRisk Philippines Inc.Unit 15-02B, 15th Floor Accralaw Tower30th Street corner 2nd Avenue, Bonifacio Global CityTaguig City, Philippines 1630

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