Vigeo is a corporate social responsibility

Corporate social responsibility

Corporate social responsibility is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model...

 (CSR) ratings agency, established in 2002 in France

France

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. Vigeo measures companies' CSR performance on environmental

Environmentalism

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, social

Social

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 and governance

Governance

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 (ESG) criteria and identifies ESG risk factors.

Business area

Vigeo offers socially responsible investment analysis, ratings and benchmarks, as well as CSR audit

Audit

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s for companies and local government

Local government

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Vigeo manages 3 sustainable development indices: ASPI Eurozone index, Ethibel Pioneer Index and Ethibel Excellence Index.

History

• 2002: Vigeo is founded as a limited company
  Limited company
  A limited company is a company in which the liability of the members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company. Limited companies may be limited by shares or by guarantee. And the former of these, a limited company limited by shares, may be...
  
   under French law, and takes over the activities of Arese
  Arese
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  , the first SRI rating agency in France. Nicole Notat becomes President.
• 2003: Launch of the CSR audit business activity.
• 2004: Opening of a branch in Casablanca
  Casablanca
  Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...
  
  , Morocco
  Morocco
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• 2005: Integration of the Belgian company Stock at Stake, SRI rating agency in Belgium, becoming Vigeo Belgium.
• 2006: Integration of the Italian
  Italy
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   company Avanzi SRI Research, CSR rating agency in Italy.

Employees and office locations

Currently chief executive officer

Chief executive officer

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 (CEO) is Nicole Notat

Nicole Notat

Nicole Notat, born 26 July 1947 in Châtrices, Marne, is the former secretary general of the union CFDT. She is currently founder and president of Vigeo, a company committed to a concept of sustainable development....

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Vigeo employs 75 employees of 14 different nationalities in four locations: Paris

Paris

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, Brussels

Brussels

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, Milan

Milan

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 and Casablanca

Casablanca

Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...

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