DJSI

DJSI RobeccoSam

The Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) or as its more often now known RobeccoSam, is an increasingly popular investor reporting index for the sustainability credentials of large organisations. As the name suggests it focuses on companies listed on the Dow Jones, however many of its respondents are listed on the NASDAQ or other stock markets around the world, or are being requested to report to it by their institutional investors.

Its similar in many respects to the CDP with arguably a greater focus on sector specific questions, and metrics.

The DJSI is a particularly tricky reporting framework as the timelines are quite short to complete the response, and as the questions are quite wide ranging they require input, review and approval from many parts of the organisation. The online submission portal is one of the faster ones to use, and so from that perspective is very good, but the layout of the questions themselves can confuse even the most experienced reporters among us.

Each year the DJSI is updated and changed to reflect changing reporting trends, evolving requirements of the investor community. However, the responding companies are not able to pre-view these question changes until the submission portal is opened.

The Accuvio DJSI software solution provides detailed numerical outputs which are required for a comprehensive DJSI response which is full audit-able. In addition the Accuvio Author module provides a streamlined solution whereby DJSI responses can be first delegated and assigned by section to colleagues around your organisation; then the responses can be reviewed and approved; and then can be submitted to the DJSI directly with a complete audit trail.

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Convenient on-screen DJSI reporting Guidance

When coordinating a number of departments in the process to respond to the DJSI questionnaire, keeping people on topic and to the reporting requirements and guidance can be tricky. The Accuvio Author solution is ideal as it presents each user with the up to date question specific guidance on screen to avoid any confusion and maximise the score.

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DJSI linking to GRI and CDP

Increasingly the leading investor indices and questionnaires are now starting to align and there are commonalities and shared questions between the CDP, and DJSI which are aligned to the GRI standards. The Accuvio Author solution links such sections to reduce repetitive requests for information and to keep the organisations messaging to the markets consistent across all frameworks.

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Re-Use other content in the DJSI response

Commonly, paragraphs from one reporting initiative are re-used in other reporting initiatives. This repetitive reviewing of similar or identical content can lead to déjà vu for many and frustration as to what has already been approved. The Accuvio Author solution allows for easy, traceable re-use of content in one report or questionnaire in another to avoid this wasteful and frustrating repetition.