Corruption Risk Assessment: The Worst and the Best

Transparency International (TI)'s methodology to develop  a new tool for investors that rates companies on their risk exposures to corruption uses forward-looking  indicators  in  the  context  of  business exposure  and  news  flows.  The rating aims at mitigating increasingly material corruption risk and enabling engagement, according to a recent report by Kepler Cheuvreux (KC).

Risk Exposure to Corruption

In a recent report, Transparency scores companies on their risk exposure to corruption using key criteria that include public disclosure of anti-corruption  systems,  geographical  disclosure,  jurisdictional exposure, past settlements and current allegations. Companies...