Standard Ethics Rating (SER)

The Standard Ethics Rating (SER) is an ESG Opinion on how distant a company or security is from international sustainability guidelines. The SER has been recognised as a compliance rating.

It has the following characteristics: it is solicited, standard and independent; is issued at the request of the client through a direct and regulated one-to-one relationship; the rating methodology and proprietary algorithm are compliant with the indications and guidelines provided by the European Union, the OECD and the United Nations on Sustainability as well as the governance of Sustainability; its assignment is incompatible with the supply of any other services that differ from ESG ratings or evaluation.

The Standard Ethics Rating (SER), which has been tried and tested since 2004 is:

Solicited — because the rating is issued exclusively at the request of an Applicant, who is also its recipient.

Standard — because every rating is fully comparable to others, as all algorithms follow the same set of guidelines. For this reason, neither clients nor third parties can influence the Agency’s evaluation principles or alter the procedures used to issue ratings.

Independent — because the rating process is incompatible with any additional services, research, or consultancy related to the data collected. Moreover, no shared financial or economic interests exist between the Agency and the Applicant.