External monitoring of SCA's sustainability work is constantly increasing. Fund managers' and investors' choice of strong sustainability performance companies is often based on extensive studies.
WWF International
In 2007, SCA's sustainability reporting was ranked among the best by European paper companies in a survey conducted by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). SCA has also, for two consecutive years, been ranked as the clear winner when the WWF surveyed sustainability among tissue producers. According to WWF, SCA has comprehensive reporting and transparent information disclosure about its work with sustainability issues.
INNOVEST
Innovest Strategic Value Advisors specialize in analyzing companies’ performance on environmental, social and strategic governance issues, with a particular focus on their impact on competitiveness, profitability and share price performance. In 2007, SCA again qualified for the “Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World” list.
EIRIS
Eiris is a global provider of independent research into the social, environmental and ethical performance of companies. In 2007, SCA was named the world's second greenest company by Eiris and the british newspaper the Independent.
FTSE4Good Index
The FTSE4Good is a market index which measures the performance of companies that meet globally recognised corporate responsibility standards. SCA is considered to be a “highimpact company” in environmental and social terms. The company meets the FTSE4Good environmental, human rights, employee issues and corporate governance criteria for its policies, reporting systems and results.
Global Challenges Index
The Global Challenges is a new global sustainability index, developed by the Hanover Exchange and Oekom research AG, in which SCA is included. The index comprises 50 companies that "take active responsibility for future global development by making substantial, forward-looking contributions to meeting global challenges".