September 14, 2012 14:21 ET
SCOR is included in the ASPI Eurozone® index
PARIS-LA-DEFENSE CEDEX, FRANCE--(Marketwire - Sep 14, 2012) -
SCOR is included in the ASPI Eurozone® index
SCOR will be included in the ASPI (Advanced Sustainable Performance Indices) Eurozone® index when the composition of the index changes after the closing hour on Friday 21 September 2012.
SCOR has made a number of commitments in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR), having joined the United Nations Global Compact in 2003 and, more recently, the Principles for Sustainable Insurance (2012). Vigeo's inclusion of SCOR shares in the ASPI Eurozone® constitutes an independent recognition of the actions SCOR has taken over the past few years as part of its CSR programme.
The ASPI Eurozone® is composed of the 120 top-rated companies in the Eurozone according to Vigeo, based on a best-in-class approach in six assessment areas: the environment, human rights, human resources, community involvement, business ethics and corporate governance.
Investors may notably use this index as part of SRI (socially responsible investing) or ethical investment policies, to compare the performance of their investments against an SRI index or to create index-linked funds, trackers or structured funds.
Denis Kessler, Chairman and CEO of SCOR, comments: "SCOR's inclusion in the ASPI Eurozone® index confirms the pertinence of the actions taken by the Group as part of our commitment to CSR. This commitment, which is fully in line with our global Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) policy, has been further reinforced since SCOR became a founding member of the "Principles for Sustainable Insurance", which were signed in June 2012 in support of the United Nations conference on sustainable development (Rio+20)".
The Vigeo press release is available on the rating agency's website at the following address: [ http://www.vigeo.com/csr-rating-agency/en/indiceaspi ]
Forward-looking statements
SCOR does not communicate "profit forecasts" in the sense of Article 2 of (EC) Regulation n°809/2004 of the European Commission. Thus, any forward- .looking statements contained in this communication should not be held as corresponding to such profit forecasts. Information in this communication may include "forward-looking statements", including but not limited to statements that are predictions of or indicate future events, trends, plans or objectives, based on certain assumptions and include any statement which does not directly relate to a historical fact or current fact. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or phrases such as, without limitation, "anticipate", "assume", "believe", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "foresee", "intend", "may increase" and "may fluctuate" and similar expressions or by future or conditional verbs such as, without limitations, "will", "should", "would" and "could." Undue reliance should not be placed on such statements, because, by their nature, they are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, on the one hand, to differ from any results expressed or implied by the present communication, on the other hand.
Please refer to SCOR's Document de référence filed with the AMF on 8 March 2012 under number D.12-0140 (the "Document de référence"), for a description of certain important factors, risks and uncertainties that may affect the business of the SCOR Group. As a result of the extreme and unprecedented volatility and disruption of the current global financial crisis, SCOR is exposed to significant financial, capital market and other risks, including movements in interest rates, credit spreads, equity prices, and currency movements, changes in rating agency policies or practices, and the lowering or loss of financial strength or other ratings.
SCOR Press Release: [ http://hugin.info/143549/R/1641344/528566.pdf ]
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