What is Calverts social screening process?
Calvert’s Social Research Department analyzes each company in each criteria area with its proprietary social research methodology, using: • In-house files on almost 7,000 companies. We gather information using the Lexis®-Nexis® database, the world’s largest news and business information service. We also subscribe to hundreds of specialty publications, ranging from industry publications to social responsibility reports. • Conversations with company management. We want to know what challenges they face and what (if any) innovative programs they have that contribute to best practices within their industry. • Data from US environmental and social regulatory agencies. For example, our analysts can directly link to the Environmental Protection Agency’s databases and review a company’s environmental performance by factory. • Discussions with advocacy organizations such as environmental groups, consumer groups, labor unions, and human rights organizations. While we don’t always agree with thei
