RobecoSAM Leading Practices Database • 1

Leading Practices DatabaseThe LPD puts hundreds of real industry examples and quantitative analyses at your fingertips. Company examples are sourced from leading companies in over 50 different industries and cover most of the questions included in RobecoSAM’s Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA).

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Screenshot: Leading Practices Database applying filters for Economic Dimension and Codes of Business Conduct

Three types of analysis at your fingertips Company examples are provided where-ever possible from overall

leaders in your industry, i.e. top performing companies based on total

score. This is limited by the availability of public examples. Please

note that no confidential information provided by companies to Ro-

becoSAM will be disclosed. In some cases leading practice examples

will be provided from companies that are leaders on the individual

question but not based on total score.

RobecoSAM examples are provided on selected questions where no

public examples can be found. In such cases RobecoSAM will provide a

hypothetical example, not linking to any publicly available company case.

Quantitative analysis will inform you about the conditions required

in a certain CSA question to score 90 or above, and the percentage

of companies in your industry meeting those conditions in a given

assessment year. This analysis is provided on a global level. This

analysis is not included in the table by default, you will have to select

the tick box.

Easy online accessThe database can be accessed after registering on the Corporate

Sustainability Assessment (CSA) portal. Register or log in to your

company’s account by visiting:

https://assessments.robecosam.com

Three simple steps to get to your tailored reportUse the database to search for the results that best meet your needs

and create customized reports to share with your colleagues:

• Apply different search filters, or search by key word to narrow down

your search. The table automatically reflects your selected filter

options.

• View a summary of the key elements of selected leading practices

by clicking the icon in the action column or simply follow the refe-

rence to the underlying source document to study the full example.

• Export a customized report. Just click on the practices you wish

to include in the report and click the “export” button.

LPD Leading Practices Database

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How much does it cost?One year’s subscription to the database with access to data from the

current assessment year (and, where available, previous years) costs

EUR 2’490.

The database will be updated throughout the year with new leading practice examples.

100% Money Back GuaranteePut us to the test! We offer a “10-Day Money-Back Guarantee” to

ensure you are satisfied with this service. If for any reason you wish to

discontinue using the service after 10 days, simply notify us.

Sample Leading Practices Report for a selection of company examples and quantitative analysis in Supply Chain Management

Learn from leading practices in your own and other industries. Provide hands on examples from industry leaders to your subject matter experts.

Let’s assume you are working for a mining company and your

procurement department struggles with improving its supplier

code of conduct. With a quick search in the Leading Practices

Database you can provide them with a couple of examples from

relevant companies or regions as well as statistical information on

the number of companies meeting RobecoSAM’s expectations for

an encompassing code.

Using your customized report you can provide key insight to your

team: “Almost 40% of companies in our industry can meet the

highest standards for a supplier code of conduct. Here are two

examples by our competitors in Europe and North America, I am

confident that we can live up to investor expectations and improve

our code for the next assessment round”.

Case study: Share tailored research with subject matter experts