The SKAN Factor is a comprehensive sustainability rating system, determining a company’s value through its commitment to environmental and social responsibility. The rating system analyzes risks and opportunities from a sustainability platform, including an assessment of established or proposed environmental, social and cultural programs.
What does it mean to be
truly Sustainable? How do we differentiate
one company from the next in terms of
sustainability? Is sustainability a set of
solar panels or is it part of a companies
fabric? These questions are being asked
more and more, by consumers, investors,
businesses, NGOs and now the Government alike
(read: Obama!).
The SKAN Factor
Rating System will be the new standard in
assessing the
true SUSTAINABILITY of businesses
globally!
The SKAN Factor provides
a comprehensive value assessment of each target
company built strictly on the target’s social
and environmental performance and their
governance (ESG). This assessment then acts as
an overlay to traditional financial analysis
(and the financial ratings of Morningstar,
S&P, FTSE, for example), as more and more
investors and consumers look to corporate
citizenry as a component of future value. As the
last 24-36 months have revealed, the bottom line
is increasingly influenced by the deployment of
green and sustainable practices. Companies such
as Herman Miller (NASDAQ:MLHR), KRAFT
(NYSE:KFT), Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT), Hewlett-Packard
(NYSE:HPQ), IBM (NYSE:IBM), United Technologies
(NYSE:UTX), Steelcase (NYSE:SCS) and dozens of
others, have all claimed that sustainability has
played a role in company performance, whether
through cost cutting efficiencies, improved NGO
and government relations and/or as a sales
driver. According, The SKAN Factor rating
provides the most comprehensive indicator that
reflects the true value of a company as opposed
to strictly looking at more traditional
financial performance, culture and
output.
We need to ask tougher
questions about the people and businesses we do business
with, no matter where we fit into commerce
or investments. We need clarity, knowledge
and transparency. We need to be empowered as we
attempt to emerge from both the economic as well
as environmental crisis. The SKAN Factor Rating System is
the tool that will help to assess the companies
that are getting us there.
THE SKAN FACTOR IS DUE TO LAUNCH IN 1Q 2009.
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