Vigeo forms a strategic partnership with OWW Consulting to extend its coverage into Asia-Pacific.

PARIS, KUALA LUMPUR – 30th January 2008 – Vigeo, leading European Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Ratings Agency has teamed-up with OWW Consulting, a specialist in CSR and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) in Asia and the Middle East, to extend its coverage into Asia-Pacific.

Both companies provide independent expert research on CSR and SRI using a methodology based on internationally recognised standards. Their analysis identifies and evaluates non-financial risks and opportunities relative to companies' commitments on social, environmental and governance criteria.

Consequently, Vigeo will provide to its clients access to SRI Research on the companies included in the DJ Stoxx 600 Asia-Pacific. And OWW will have access to Vigeo's SRI research on the DJ Stoxx 600 Europe.

Nicole Notat, CEO of Vigeo, said "Vigeo's commitment to provide its SRI clients with research in line with their needs, includes extending its coverage. In 2008, it shall reach the full coverage of the DJ Stoxx 1800. The Vigeo-OWW partnership represents another step towards consolidating this commitment."

Dr Geoffrey Willams, Managing Director and CEO of OWW Consulting said, "The close parallels between Vigeo and OWW provide a very strong foundation for this partnership. We hope to build a successful relationship which will allow both companies to expand our client services to create new and exciting SRI research products in the future. This partnership takes place in a rapidly growing SRI market, estimated in US$4 trillion'.

Both companies also provide Sustainability Indexes which track the companies showing a good CSR performance. Vigeo provides the ASPI Eurozone© index and the Ethibel Sustainable Index© (ESI) Series, which cover Global and European markets. OWW lanched the OWW ResponsibilityTM SRI Index Series for Malaysia and Singapore.