Corporate Knights Radar: Sustainable solutions and red flag database

The Corporate Knights Sustainable Solutions Database consists of approximately 500 companies from developed and emerging economies that earn at least 20% of the revenue from products or services that map to the Sustainable Development Goals consistent with the Corporate Knights Clean Revenue taxonomy.

The Corporate Knights Dark Red Flag Database consists of approximately 450 companies from developed and emerging economies that have been identified as so-called ‘red flag companies’ due to their involvement in ethically or environmentally questionable industries and/or practices. These companies have been identified through a rigorous process including theme selection, source reliability analysis, and company identification processes. The list is updated monthly to reflect changes in source material. Sources include methodologically-sound reports by non-profits, bottom-up research by Corporate Knights, and the public and derived exclusions of two significant funds (Norges Bank Investment Management and NZ Super Fund).

The dark red flag themes are as following: Access to medicine laggards; Access to nutrition laggards; Adult entertainment; Blocking climate policy; Blocking climate resolutions; Cement carbon laggards; Civilian firearms; Controversial weapons; Conventional weapons; Deforestation; Farm animal welfare laggards; Forced or child labour; For-profit prisons; Gross corruption violations; Illegal activity; Oil sands laggards; Palm oil laggards; Severe environmental damage; Severe human rights violations; Thermal coal; and Tobacco.

In addition to the dark red flags, Corporate Knights also maintains a database of “light red flag” companies for the following themes: Alcohol; Energy (fossil fuels); Gambling; GMOs; Industrial Meat; and Nuclear Energy.

 

Dark Red Flag Exclusion theme	Source
Access to medicine laggards	Access to Medicine Index
Access to nutrition laggards	Access to Nutrition Index
Adult entertainment	Wespath, Sin Stocks Report
Blocking climate policy	InfluenceMap
Blocking climate resolutions	InfluenceMap
Cement carbon laggards	NBIM
Civilian firearms	NZ Super Fund
Controversial weapons	NBIM, NZ Super Fund
Conventional weapons	Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Deforestation	Chain Reaction Research
Farm animal welfare laggards	Corporate Knights database
Forced or child labour	Know the Chain
For-profit prisons	The American Friends Service Committee
Gross corruption violations	NBIM
Illegal activity	Corporate Knights database
Oil sands laggards	NBIM
Palm oil laggards	NBIM
Severe environmental damage	NBIM
Severe human rights violations	NBIM
Thermal coal	NBIM
Tobacco	NBIM

 

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