Verisk Maplecroft services

Maplecroft specialises in social and environmental audits, gap analysis and risk assessment. Our unique approach aligns entity risk exposure with risk management proficiency and covers all areas of sustainability: political, economic, social and environment. Our repository of over 700 audit criteria has been developed over 10 years and is based on best practice international standards and initiatives including ISO 14001, SA 8000, OHSAS 18001, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, United Nations Global Compact, Global Reporting Initiative and more.

Maplecroft works extensively in the field of carbon accounting and footprinting with some of the world`s largest organisations. This included over twenty separate carbon accounting and auditing engagements in 2009 alone, each of which calculated energy consumption and emissions across a company`s own operations as well as its value chain i.e. Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3.

Human rights risk monitoring and management is increasingly important to responsible and proactive business. Maplecroft works in partnership with its clients to ensure ongoing monitoring of human rights risk is a central part of the mainstream risk-management process.

The Maplecroft team has pioneered social and environmental impact assessment since the early 1980s. This includes extensive on-site experience in mining and other extractive operations in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe.

Stakeholders increasingly require business to be accountable for its social and environmental performance i.e. to demonstrate how it is addressing `relevant and material` issues for both business and society.