During the summer of 2021, Activision Blizzard was accused of covering up allegations of workplace abuse, harassment, and discrimination, which led to employee walkouts and protests. Several days after the lawsuit was filed by California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing, it was revealed that management had prior knowledge of these allegations, but failed to take remedial action. The RavenPack ESG Controversy Framework detected these events as follows:
ESG Controversy Case Study:
Activision Blizzard
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It's often difficult to follow all the news to build a complete ESG picture, particularly when events are less reported. Benefits from local and global newswire coverage, RavenPack’s ESG Controversy Framework gives investors the opportunity to identify companies involved in controversial events reported in local news outlets before the information reaches the mainstream media. Furthermore, RavenPack’s decades-long news archive and global coverage provides investors with the ability to derive insights from a unique source of sustainability signals.
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About RavenPack ESG Controversy Scoring Framework
RavenPack’s ESG Controversy Scoring Framework is based on real-time detections of events across 40,000+ news sources in 13 different languages. It follows an event-based approach that can help assess the extent of a firm’s ESG controversy exposure through time by monitoring real-time news coverage. Learn More
