2018 RobecoSAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) –

Making the Most of the CSA and the Online Assessment Portal

March 6th, 2018

Agenda

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• Introduction to RobecoSAM & the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

• How can the CSA add value to your organization?

• The DJSI process & the online assessment interface

• Timeline, next steps & advice for a successful submission

• Q&A

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Introduction to RobecoSAM & Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

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RobecoSAM at a Glance

• Investment boutique focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing since 1995

• Approximately 110 employees headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland

• In-depth corporate sustainability assessment focusing on financial materiality -including economic,

environmental and social criteria that have a focus on long-term shareholder value

• Part of the Robeco Group, operating in 14 countries with 1,500 employees globally and €276 billion of assets

under management

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Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI)

• Cooperation with S&P Dow Jones Indices for the publication and licensing of the DJSI

• Launched in 1999, the DJSI were the first global indices tracking the financial performance of leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide

• Integrated assessment of economic, environmental and social criteria with a strong focus on long-term shareholder value

• Rules-based methodology and use of primary research

• Focus on best-in-class companies with yearly review of component selection and continuous monitoring of companies

• Broad family of global, regional and country DJSI benchmarks

• Third-party assurance of the assessment process by Deloitte

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Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI)

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Source: RobecoSAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment 1999-2017

Increasing company participation since 1999

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Continuous Methodology Development

RobecoSAM Research

Methodology Collaborations

• CDP• London

Benchmarking Group

• GRESB• EDGE• Interbrand

Industry Expertise

Topic Expertise

Methodology Development

Company Feedback

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How can the CSA add value to your organization?

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Key Benefits of Participating in the CSA

• Benchmarking – benchmark your company against peers and competitors

• Financial Materiality - Focus on industry-specific and financially relevant topics

• Reputation and brand – Identify yourself as a sustainability leader to your internal and external stakeholders

• Drive internal change through greater buy-in from management on sustainability’s importance

• Strengthen your internal sustainability network by connecting key people

• Attract a growing number of sustainability-focused investors

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What Drives Companies to Participate?

Leading companies see value in the CSA because:

• Gives visibility and credibility to your sustainability performance

• Drives strategic decisions within the company

• Communicating CSA results to employees makes them proud

• Eases stakeholder dialogues, for example with critical NGOs

• CSA participation can be seen as a management tool

Hear directly what motivates companies to participate: https://vimeo.com/album/4990110

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The Benchmarking Process

Competitive benchmarking typically involves the following repetitive steps:

Step 1:

Measure your performance

Establish your sustainability baseline and quantify your progess.

Step 2: Benchmark against your peer

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Select the areas most important toyour business

Step 3: Learn from data

Discuss the results with management and operational functions

Step 4:

Take action

Set or adjust your strategy to closethe identified gaps.

Source: RobecoSAM

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How the CSA Results are Used

• Sustainability investing – sustainability investing is the fastest growing space in the financial industry and a

strong sustainability profile will benefit you

• DJSI – be included world’s most well-known corporate sustainability benchmark – the index components are

downloaded one time every minute.

• RobecoSAM Sustainability Yearbook – gain recognition and visibility via inclusion in the annual Sustainability

Yearbook

• New sustainability indices – S&P ESG Indices (e.g. S&P500 ESG, Global 1200 ESG, Europe 350 ESG),

S&P Long-Term Value Creation Index

• Bloomberg – Since 2016, percentiles ranks are available to a growing number of mainstream and ESG-focused

investors via the Bloomberg Professional platform

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RobecoSAM on Bloomberg – Industry Comparison

Bloomberg command: BI ESG <GO>

Source: Bloomberg

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RobecoSAM on Bloomberg – Peer Comparison

Bloomberg command: BI ESG <GO>

Source: Bloomberg

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The DJSI process & the online assessment tool

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Registration & Confirmation of Participation

When will I be able to access the questionnaire and start filling it out?

• The official invitations were sent out on February 22nd

• On April 5th, all invited companies will receive an email with instructions for confirming their participation in the 2017 assessment:

• New companies: you will be redirected to a page where you can register your user account

• Returning companies: you will be prompted to log in to your account and manually confirm participation to be able to start editing your questionnaire

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Registration & Confirmation of Participation

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Registration & Confirmation of Participation

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Administrator vs. User Account

• The administrator account can only be used by one person and has additional privileges, including:

• Confirming participation

• Managing users and contact details

• Pre-filling previous year’s answers for the full questionnaire

• Requesting deadline extensions

• Approving final versions of questions

• Submitting the questionnaire

• Accessing company reports, including the Benchmarking Scorecards

• NEW in 2018 - Defining document types, i.e. managing confidential documents that can be opened only by the administrator

• NEW in 2018 - Managing user access to individual parts of the questionnaire and selected tabs of the online interface (e.g. MSA or Reports tab).

• NEW in 2018 – Overview of your company’s subscriptions and services

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Managing your Account Details

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Working on your Submission

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Warning Messages

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Uploading Documents

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Uploading Documents

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Managing Users

• The Administrator can create and manage any number of user accounts

• These accounts can be distributed to different departments or colleagues

2018 CSA Questionnaire:

• By default – all newly created users have access to all questions and all documents:

• The administrator can restrict editing rights of specific questions to specific users

• Users will not be able to see the answers of questions for which they do not have editing rights

• The administrator can set documents as confidential from the Documents tab by marking them as “Admin only”

Historical CSA questionnaires:

• By default – all questions and answers of the previous CSA questionnaires submitted by the company are visible to all users:

• The administrator can restrict the historic questions visible to specific users

• The administrator can restrict the confidentiality of historical documents as well

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Managing Users

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Managing Users

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Document Accessibility

• From 2018, documents can be marked as “Admin only” or “All access”

• “Admin only” – can only be viewed and downloaded by the administrator

• “All access” – can be viewed by anyone with a user account

• Users cannot open or download documents set as “Admin only” even when uploaded by the user itself

• Both newly added documents, as well as the historical documents can be marked as “Admin only”

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Document Management

From 2018, RobecoSAM has limited the amount of references that can be uploaded with the intention of reducing the overall reporting burden on companies and ensuring that supporting evidence remains relevant and specific.

• In 2018, you will still be able to pre-fill all documents or references from the previous year. A warning will appear upon saving the question that the number of references has been exceeded.

• All documents and references from the previous year will be pre-filled this year.

• No more than five documents or web links will be accepted per available document clip.

• In some questions, the number may be less, if for example, RobecoSAM is looking for a policy, etc.

• The online assessment tool will provide you with a warning message both upon saving the document and upon submitting the questionnaire if you have exceeded the document limit in any question. Please review all documents and only attach those that are specifically linked to the answer you have provided.

• Please remember that additional links and information provided in the company comment box may not be considered in the analysis of the question.

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Document Management

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Public & Partially Public References

In 2018, questions that require publicly available information or where more credit may be awarded for public availability have been clearly marked in the online interface

• You will see a banner at the top of these questions, indicating whether public information is required or additional credit may be awarded if the reference is public

• For questions where only publicly available information is accepted, you will no longer be able to attach documents: you will only be able to provide a web link.

• You may upload a copy of the document to the “Documents Overview” section of the online assessment tool.

• Upon pre-fill of public questions only URLs will be carried forward while documents (e.g. PDFs) will be disregarded

Public & Partially Public References

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Timeline, next steps & advice for a successful submission

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Key Dates 2017

April 5th

New questionnaire

becomes available

through the online

assessment tool

September 13th

Annual index

rebalancing and

announcement of new

index members

May 31st

Official deadline for

submitting completed

questionnaires

Feb/ March

• Information update with draft

versions of key methodology

changes

• Official invitations sent out to

all eligible companies

• Webcasts about the CSA and

methodology changes

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Announcement of Index Members

The new index members will be publicly announced September 13th

• Members have the right to use membership logo – the usage guidelines are included in the terms & conditions you will accept before submitting

• Results are communicated to companies through three main reports:

• Company Benchmarking Scorecard

• Media & Stakeholder Analysis (MSA) Report

• Industry Overview

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Example of Company Benchmarking Scorecard

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Tips for a Successful Submission

• In each question, read information texts containing specific data requirements and key definitions

• If requested, provide supporting evidence that covers all answers that you have marked. Make sure the evidence is relevant and specific to your answers

• If specifically indicated, make sure your supporting evidence is publicly available

• Remember that the official language of the DJSI is English

• If you feel that a specific question is not applicable to your company’s business model, please provide a comment explaining why

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Tips for a Successful Submission

• Providing explanatory comments should be the exception rather than rule

• Additional comments should be used only to explain changes in data, calculation methodologies, why a question is not applicable

• Be brief and to the point. Make sure that you provide the most relevant information and documents for the question asked

• Pay attention to warning messages in the system, which may point to incomparable data or data entry mistakes

• Contact the CSA Helpline if you have any questions about the methodology

Questions?

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Contact us:

RobecoSAM CSA Helpline

+41 44 653 10 30

assessments@robecosam.com

Visit the CSA website:

www.robecosam.com/csa

Disclaimer

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