Integrated Information and System Architecture

Overall Rating

The overall rating measures a company's financial and extra-financial health through the use of ASSET4's economic, environmental, social and corporate governance pillars. It reflects a company's capacity, through its use of best management practices, to generate shared benefits for all constituencies, thereby enhancing its leadership potential and its ability to generate long term shareholder value.

Integrated information

Economic Pillar

The economic pillar measures a company's capacity to generate sustainable growth and a high return on investment through the efficient use of all its resources. It is a reflection of a company's overall financial health and its ability to generate long-term shareholder value through its use of best management practices.

Environmental Pillar

The environmental pillar measures a company's impact on living and non-living natural systems, including the air, land and water, as well as complete ecosystems. It reflects how well a company uses best management practices to avoid environmental risks and capitalize on environmental opportunities in order to generate long-term shareholder value.

Social Pillar

The social pillar measures a company's commitment to generating trust and loyalty with its workforce, its customers and society, through its use of best management practices. It is a reflection of the company's reputation and the health of its license to operate, which are key factors in determining its ability to generate long-term shareholder value.

Corporate Governance Pillar

The corporate governance pillar measures a company's systems and processes, which ensure that its directors and managers act in the best interests of its long term shareholders. It reflects a company's capacity, through its use of best management practices, to direct and control its rights and responsibilities through the creation of incentives, as well as checks and balances in order to generate long-term shareholder value.

Key Performance Indicators

The ASSET4 key performance indicators (KPIs)have been developed and tested in cooperation with specialists in the areas of finance, environment, executive management, corporate governance, sociology, risk management and asset management. From an initial list of nearly 3000 indicators (based on the Global Reporting Initiative), only the most objective indicators of performance, risks, opportunities and reputation were selected for a total of 250 KPIs that reflect the best possible extra-financial fundamentals.

State-of-the-Art System Architecture

The ASSET4 software platform is based on stable and solid Internet technology developed over the last decade and was from the beginning designed to have a high degree of usability, scalability and data security.

System architecture

ASSET4 Hosted Subscription Service

Most users access the ASSET4 system via an Internet browser using individual logins and passwords. This option reaps the full benefits of the ASSET4 system without the costs of traditional system deployments. There is no software to buy, no hardware to install, and the user interface is adaptable to evolving end-user needs.

ASSET4's hosting partner is an IBM xSP Prime Hosting certified partner, the best possible IBM hosting certification. This certification means that specific requirements based on ISO9000 audits, relating to data security, system availability, capacity and scalability, have been fulfilled.

System Integration

Clients can also integrate the ASSET4 system into their existing systems or information portals, providing end users with seamless, integrated access to ASSET4 alongside internal proprietary systems.

Data Feeds

ASSET4 provides a variety of data feed solutions to populate financial portals, intranets, and other business applications.