Sustainability awareness has become an important issue for companies. Many publish aside from the financial report, a sustainability report. Enviromental awareness grants goodwill.
This post will focus on both: goodwill and sustainability.
Sustainability
Environmental Performance Index (EPI)
World wide environment index of countries.
http://epi.yale.edu/ (open access)
Asset4 database (through Datastream)
Output in Excel, through the Excel interface. Information is on company level
!!! Not all listed companies provide data to Asset4 database !!
Important to test which companies do:
How it works:
. Create a static work set with at least data types, Name, ISIN,ASSET4 Company ID (provides a yes or a no)
. Filter out all companies with Asset4 (auto filter in Excel)
. Upload new list into Datastream
. Download Asset4 data as datatypes
In pictures:
Only 2 comp apply
Filtered.
Time series> asset4 datatypes more than shown
result on CSR (Corporate Social responsibility, 2 comp)
More info on Asset4 (board)
Webdirectory
https://www.webdirectory.com/Databases/
Examples: Supra National organizations
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/environment
Choose: data
United Nations
http://geodata.grid.unep.ch/
Select an item and press continue
A couple of options is presented next
E.G. show table
As you can see, all options remain available, ordered in tabs.
China in chart
Select TAB download (national) > extensions available from csv, Excel etc
Define dataset
Submit.
In my humble opinion: a bit disappointing result, (showing only 2010) compared to the graph
Publications of the International Food Policy Research Institute
Statistics sites (not specifically focused on environment, sustainability)
CBS
Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
ODS
OFFstats - Official Statistics on the Web
Source OECD
Goodwill
Goodwill is measured in many ways. It is presented in annual reports in the balance sheet (iow: companies try to validate goodwill)
Goodwill (finance): An intangible asset that arises as a result of the acquisition of one company by another for a premium value.
The value of a company’s brand name, solid customer base, good customer relations, good employee relations and any patents or proprietary technology represent goodwill. Goodwill is considered an intangible asset because it is not a physical asset like buildings or equipment. (investopedia)
Charity, good customer services, sustainability, working conditions etc are contribute to goodwill.
Wikipedia: according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), goodwill is never amortized.
Datastream
In total: 327 data types apply to search term Goodwill
(for explanations on using Datastream see these items)
North America: 9 datatypes
Global: only 1 datatype >
(explanations on using Compustat see these items)
SDC
In Mergers & Acquisitions database, the focus is solely on the acquiror. See definition
(for explanations on using SDC)
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