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InvestAssureMonitoring Asian Corporate ESG performance
on the Web
Paul Wenman
TBLI CONFERENCE™ ASIA 2011
Workshop 4 – Corporate Governance
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SourceAsia SourceAsia has been providing advice and support for responsible
sourcing and investment in Asia since 2004. We help manage reputational, commercial, financial and legal risks in Asian
supply chains, investment portfolios and business partnerships. Sister group CSR China has been a leading web source of information on
corporate responsibility in China since 2005. Founded by Paul Wenman:
27 years’ experience in environmental management and corporate responsibility 15 years with ERM (Environmental Resources Management) 4 years as Head of Corporate Responsibility Services with Ernst & Young
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5P Risk Management
CommercialRisks
FinancialRisks
LegalRisks
ReputationalRisks
Who am I buying from?
Producer
Product
What am I buying?
Process
How was it made?
People
Who made it?
Partner
Who am I in business with?
Environment
Natural Resources
Occupational H&S
Labour Conditions
Human Rights
Communities
Corruption and Fraud
Product Safety
Business Ethics
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ESG Risks in Asia There are ethical risks to doing business in Asia
Environment and natural resources Occupational health and safety, labour conditions Corruption, fraud and business ethics Product safety
What can you do? Due diligence Compliance audits against codes and standards Training – HR, EHS management, operational control, productivity ESG indices only for large companies and don’t reflect real performance
Audits and training are not enough What happens after an audit has been completed? How do we know if there is an incident or stakeholder allegation? How do you get assurance if you are dealing with hundreds or thousands of Asian
companies?
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Responsible InvestmentsHow to Get Assurance?
Investee Screening
Corporate Governance- accountability to shareholders and other stakeholders
- board and management structure and responsibilities
- integrity and ethical behaviour
- policies, codes, guidelines
- processes, internal controls and procedures
- performance and risk management systems
- disclosure, transparency, audits
Investee Monitoring
ESG Performance- company self-disclosures – ESG reports
- government databases and records
- web reports of incidents and allegations
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InvestAssure InvestAssure is an ethical radar
Tracks 4,000 companies in East and Southeast Asia Monitors web news and blogs Identifies reports of EHS incidents, poor labour conditions, unethical behaviour,
corruption and fraud Clients include Norwegian Government Pension fund, ANZ bank
InvestAssure is an early warning system Customised web monitoring relating to a portfolio or supply chain E-alerts and regular reports available online
InvestAssure is a Risk Assessment tool Screening of potential investees, JV partners or suppliers – assessing
significance of web reports in relation to a core business risk framework Due diligence, providing inputs to help focus audits and investigations
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Typical Risk Management
New companies
Investment
portfolio
Customer base
Supply base
Ejection
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?DUE DILIGENCE
COMPLIANCE AUDIT
RISK
MAJOR INCIDENT
Significant risks are taken after due diligence, despite audits, because little reliable information is available to provide assurance of performance and behaviour relating to ethical, social, environmental and governance standards. This can result in a major incident which causes business impacts (reputational and/or financial, legal or commercial), even after ejection of the guilty partner
Business impacts
Business expectations
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InvestAssureRisk Management
New companies
Investment
portfolio
Customer base
Supply base
Ejection
InvestAssure provides a database of monitoring information on incidents and allegations of unethical corporate performance, to feed risk assessment and assurance processes. This collates and assesses the reports and opinions of third parties, such as NGOs, communities, employees and local authorities, as identified from searches of web news sites, blogs and other publications
Business assurance
Business expectations
InvestAssure
DUE DILIGENCE
COMPLIANCE AUDIT
INCIDENTS, ALLEGATIONS
COMPLIANCE, PERFORMANCE
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The InvestAssure Process
InvestAssure Database
Local verification Topic Category
Alert Level Expert review
National news publications Regional NGOs and blogs
English, Chinese, Asian Web searches
Web Access
Historical Analyses
Monitoring Reports
e-Alerts
Client Outputs
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InvestAssure Case studyANZ
The bank also monitors for ongoing developments to ensure early identification of issues and works closely with the client to mitigate any risks that arise. The primary source of information used is SourceAsia’s InvestAssure database which monitors for environmental, health and safety, ethical and social incidents and allegations
• ANZ chose InvestAssure because of its clear Asia-Pacific focus which includes monitoring in English, Mandarin, Japanese and a range of other languages. It also monitors a greater number of sources than its competitors given it encompasses Factiva as well as web based information
The InvestAssure data is used to inform ANZ’s relationship managers when an issue has arisen with their client. Depending on the severity of the allegation ANZ may choose to raise it directly with the client and help them to manage the issue
ANZ is a top four Australian bank with operations across Asia and the Pacific in 14 markets.
ANZ aims to work with corporate customers to ensure they manage their social and environmental risk. This includes screening prospective clients and also conducting annual reviews of their operations
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InvestAssure Data AnalysisAlerts in 2009-2011 We recently analysed our database for the last 2 years Over 1000 ‘alerts’ were issued, in relation to 520 companies 65% of these alerts warranted action by our clients, in our view, e.g.
further investigation, engagement or focused monitoring
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Companies Nearly 15% of the Asian companies we track had at least one alert
in two years. Over 10% of companies had one alert or more in 2010 alone.
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Sectors 50% of all alerts to our clients related to the Manufacturing sector:
60% of manufacturing alerts came from Chemicals, IT and Metals 12% from Food and Beverage, 7% from Paper and Board
25% of alerts came from the Mining sector: two thirds of these were from Metals Mining one third from Coal Mining
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Countries China was the key source of alerts:
over 50% of all alerts came from China 65% of significant alerts came from China, i.e. warranting further action.
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Impacts Nearly 30% of alerts were related to Occupational Health and
Safety, 25% to the Environment and 20% to Corruption, Fraud and Business Ethics.
Only 7% of alerts related to Labour Conditions.
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ImplicationsTip of the Iceberg? Have we exposed only the tip of the iceberg? Many incidents do not reach the web or are not even reported at all.
The real rate of non-compliance and the real risks inherent in your investment portfolio or supply chain are likely to be greater.
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ImplicationsLabour Conditions Relatively few alerts for Labour Conditions - is the media focus on
this issue misleading? Some types of incident are reported more reliably than others. Environmental impacts and fatalities are ‘tangible’ and usually end
up in the media eventually. Hence the high rate of alerts for these categories.
Allegations regarding labour conditions are harder to prove and depend upon whistleblowing or under-cover investigations – hence the lower rate of alerts.
So how much unacceptable labour management is hidden in your supply chain or investment portfolios?
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ImplicationsChina Risky, India Safer? With so many alerts from China, is India a ‘safer’ business
environment? China is top of the table because:
1. There is so much more manufacturing and mining in China (China last year accounted for 20% of the world's manufacturing output, about 10 times more than India.)
2. Foreign direct investment in China is about 4-5 times greater than India – hence much greater interest in monitoring investments and suppliers.
3.There is much more manual labour in India and so the ‘underreporting’ of labour conditions is likely to affect it to a greater extent.
If India is in your portfolio or supply chain, then the relative lack of reporting could be a concern not a comfort.
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SPECIAL FOCUS: WATER
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Water Incidents and AllegationsHydro Industrial Pollution Mining Pollution Industrial Use TOTAL
Africa 2% 2%
Australia 5% 15% 20%
China 3% 24% 9% 36%
India 14% 2% 2% 18%
Indonesia 3% 3%
Japan 3% 3%
Laos 3% 3%
Malaysia 3% 3%
Papua New Guinea
7% 7%
Taiwan 5% 5%
TOTAL 11% 51% 36% 2% 100%
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Water AlertsHydro Industrial Pollution Mining Pollution Industrial Use TOTAL
Africa 6% 6%
Australia 3% 14% 17%
China 2% 19% 13% 34%
India 10% 1% 1% 12%
Indonesia 2% 2%
Japan 2% 2%
Laos 2% 2%
Malaysia 5% 5%
Papua New Guinea
16% 16%
Taiwan 3% 3%
TOTAL 15% 37% 46% 1% 100%
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WaterMedia focus on MinesAlerts – when we notify clients of a significant news report 8% of all InvestAssure alerts related to water Media focus is greatest on large mining projects – so 46% of water
alerts related to mining (Papua New Guinea, Australia and China). But 75% of most serious alerts related to industrial pollution.
Incidents and Allegations – the original source of a news report About 50% of reported water incidents or allegations related to
Industrial pollution. About 35% to Mining activities. About 75% of water incidents and allegations occurred in: China
(36%), Australia (20%) and India (18%) Mining (and hydro-electric) incidents generated 67% more alerts per
incident than industrial pollution.
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Responsible InvestmentsMonitoring - Key to Assurance
Investee Screening
Corporate Governance- accountability to shareholders and other stakeholders
- board and management structure and responsibilities
- integrity and ethical behaviour
- policies, codes, guidelines
- processes, internal controls and procedures
- performance and risk management systems
- disclosure, transparency, audits
Investee Monitoring
ESG Performance- company self-disclosures – ESG reports
- government databases and records
- web reports of incidents and allegations
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