Daily Brief ESG: Companies Without Engagement Opportunities Lack a Sense of Urgency to Solve Problems and more

• Companies that have increased their valuations over the past year are those with higher valuations and have further increased their ROE and ROA, resulting in even higher valuations.
• The difference between the characteristics of companies whose valuations increased and those whose valuations did not change over the past year is the foreign ownership ratio.
• Companies with low foreign ownership have less access to overseas investors’ suggestions for solving individual company problems, which is why they are slow to act to improve capital profitability.

Lucror Analytics’ ESG Scores are based on a 3-tiered scale and are adjusted for Controversies (if applicable).
We assess CABB’s ESG as “Strong”, in line with its Environmental and Governance scores, while the Social score is “Adequate”. Controversies are “Immaterial” and Disclosure is “Strong”.

Lucror Analytics’ ESG Scores are based on a 3-tiered scale and are adjusted for Controversies (if applicable).
We view Liberty Puerto Rico’s ESG as “Adequate”. The score mirrors our assessment of parent Liberty Latin America (LLA), which discloses ESG-related information on a consolidated basis, without meaningful details on the bond-issuing credit pools that we cover (C&W Communications and Liberty Costa Rica). 

We assess LLA’s Social and Governance pillars as “Strong” and “Adequate”, respectively, offsetting the “Weak” Environmental score. Controversies are “Immaterial” and Disclosure is “Adequate”. 

Lucror Analytics’ ESG Scores are based on a 3-tiered scale and are adjusted for Controversies (if applicable).
We assess Fedrigoni’s ESG as “Strong”, in line with its Environmental and Social scores. Governance is “Adequate”. Controversies are “Immaterial” and Disclosure is “Strong”. 

Fedrigoni received a Platinum medal from Ecovadis in 2022 and 2023, which places it in the Top 1% of companies assessed. This is an improvement from the Gold medal received in 2021. 

In addition, the company received a score of 59/100 in 2022 and 61/100 in 2023 from S&P (Top 15% in the Paper & Forest Products sector), which evaluated the integration level of ESG factors in policies and practices to mitigate risk as well as maximise opportunities.