Solaron Sustainability Services Launches Consulting and Research Services in India

Sept. 13, 2010 - PRLog -- Increasingly, “sustainable enterprise” is becoming an important model for companies to remain relevant and profitable in the Indian market.  Investors, as well as consumers, look for companies that demonstrate their commitment to the environment, local communities, corporate transparency, and high quality products.  Many companies strive to demonstrate all of these commitments, but lack the experience or ability to create strong mission statements, and put these statements into practice.

Solaron Sustainability Services has been providing investment research on Environmental, Social, Governance, and Business Risk issues since 2007 to large scale investment funds, asset managers, and various research companies.  Headquartered in Bangalore, Solaron has analysts based on the ground in multiple locations across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.  Since 2007, Solaron’s analyst team has analyzed more than 3,000 companies across the developed and developing world.  From this experience, Solaron has gained expertise in the best practices for operating sustainably in 50+ industries, and with expertise in specific practices for the Indian market.  

Beginning in October 2010, Solaron will be providing Engagement, Advisory, Consulting, and Training Services to companies of all sizes in India.  These services are aimed at helping business create sustainable business practices to the benefit of company employees at all levels, customers, investors, and financial bottom lines alike.

Solaron is also launching a new Best in Context™ research approach, which is the product of three years of experience in rigorous, ground-level investment research.  The Best in Context approach customizes ratings and analysis based on a company’s specific sector-market context.  This approach also requires analysts to rely on primary data collection, rather than simply depending on published company information.  This gives Solaron a more complete understanding of a company’s practiced impact, rather than only their stated intentions.  

Best in Context Analysis is now available to investors of all sizes looking for comprehensive research for confident investing.  With analysts available across the globe, we are able to provide this type of research per any client needs.  

Best in Context Analysis is also available for companies looking to obtain an independent analysis of their own sustainability practices.  This service allows companies to see an in-depth assessment of their business practices, and assess methods for improving their governance policies, business risk strategies, and environmental and social impacts.  This is an important step for any company looking to remain relevant in their sector and market in the long term.  

These two new products are launched in collaboration with Professor Stuart L. Hart, Solaron’s key advisor.  Professor Hart is a world-renowned expert in sustainable enterprise, environmentalism for business strategy, and business management.  He is currently a Professor of Management at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management and has published over 50 papers and authored or edited five books in this field.  He has also done more than 40 speeches and workshops on sustainability for high level executives in a wide range of industries.  

Solaron Sustainability Services is a niche Sustainability / ESG research firm with a global team of 60+ Analysts present across several Emerging markets like India, Brazil, China, UAE, Mexico, Russia, Eastern Europe and Africa. The name "Solaron" means "Turning the Light On".  Simply put, we bring to light the truth about corporates. Through research we uncover hidden risks in corporates of all types. While most Traditional Research on Companies focuses on historical performance limited to Financials like Gross Revenues, Profitability margins, a True assessment of their Long Term Sustainability requires a study of factors across dimensions like Financial / Economic, Ecological (E), Social (S) and Governance (G) factors, also called ESG Research. For more information about Solaron, please visit www.solaron.in

Professor Stuart L. Hart is one of the world’s top authorities on the implications of sustainable development and environmentalism for business strategy. He has published over 50 papers and authored or edited five books. His article “Beyond Greening: Strategies for a Sustainable World” won the McKinsey Award for Best Article in the Harvard Business Review for 1997 and helped launch the movement for corporate sustainability. With C.K. Prahalad, Hart also wrote the pathbreaking 2002 article “The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid,” which provided the first articulation of how business could profitably serve the needs of the four billion poor in the developing world. His new book, Capitalism at the Crossroads, was published by Wharton School Publishing in 2005. The second edition of the book with a new Foreword by Al Gore was published in 2007. For more information about Professor Hart, please visit www. stuartlhart.in

For more information, please contact:
Molly Priya McClurg
Marketing Manager
Solaron Sustainability Services
molly@solaron.in
+91 80 41642963

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About Solaron:

Solaron Sustainability Services is a niche Sustainability / ESG research firm with a global team of 60+ Analysts present across several Emerging markets like India, Brazil, China, UAE, Mexico, Russia, Eastern Europe and Africa. The name "Solaron" means "Turning the Light On". Simply put, we bring to light the truth about corporates. Through research we uncover hidden risks in corporates of all types. While most Traditional Research on Companies focuses on historical performance limited to Financials like Gross Revenues, Profitability margins, a True assessment of their Long Term Sustainability requires a study of factors across dimensions like Financial / Economic, Ecological (E), Social (S) and Governance (G) factors, also called ESG Research. For more information about Solaron, please visit www.solaron.in