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Sustainability score
Company (Sector)
2.9 (5.6)

Sustainability is made of analytical items contributing to the E, the S and the G, that can be highlighted as sustainability precursors and can be combined in an intellectually acceptable way. This is the only scale made available

  Score Weight  
Governance   
Independent directors rate 5/10 25%More ...
Board geographic diversity 0/10 20%
Chairman vs. Executive split 5%
Environment   
CO² Emission 1/1025%More ...
Water withdrawal 1/1010%
Social   
Wage dispersion trend0/105%More ...
Job satisfaction3/105%
Internal communication10/105%


Sustainability score 2.9/10 100%  
Sustainability matters

AlphaValue’s automated Sustainability scoring is not applicable to IDI, given that several data inputs necessary for the computation of the Environment and Social scores do not pertain nor apply to holding company-type structures such as IDI. Hence, the Sustainability score calculation is not relevant in this issuer’s case.


Governance score
Company (Sector) Independent board Help
5.0 (5.5) Yes
ParametersCompanySectorScoreWeight
Number of board members1110 7/10 5.0%
Board feminization (%)4536 9/10 5.0%
Board domestic density (%)10065 0/10 10.0%
Average age of board's members6058 5/10 5.0%
Type of company : Small cap, controlled 4/10 10.0%
Independent directors rate5444 5/10 20.0%
One share, one vote 10.0%
Chairman vs. Executive split 0.0%
Chairman not ex executive 5.0%
Full disclosure on mgt pay 5.0%
Disclosure of performance anchor for bonus trigger 5.0%
Compensation committee reporting to board of directors 5.0%
Straightforward, clean by-laws 15.0%
Governance score 5.0/10 100.0%
     
Governance matters

The four active managers are part of an executive committee. Checks and balances are provided by a supervisory board of 11 members (six of whom we judge as independent based on AlphaValue’s criteria) with three of them sharing responsibilities on an Audit committee.

The supervisory board has a limited sway as, ultimately, the general partner (Ancelle et Associés; see Worth Knowing) has all the power. Ancelle is as per the by-laws not represented on the supervisory board but two members of the controlling family (Langlois-Meurine) have seats.

Luce GENDRY F President/Ch... 2023 1950 2008 20.0 (2023)
Gilles BABINET M Member 2022 1967 2019 6.75 (2023) ND (2023)
Nathalie BALLA F Member 2023 1967 2021 9.00 (2023) ND (2023)
Sebastien BRETEAU M Member 2025 1971 2019 9.00 (2023) ND (2023)
Philippe CHARQUET M Member 2023 1963 2011 17.0 (2023) ND (2023)
Grégoire CHERTOK M Member 2023 1966 2017 9.00 (2023) ND (2023)
Cyrille CHEVRILLON M Member 2025 1953 2022 6.75 (2023)
Iris LANGLOIS-MEURINNE F Member 2023 1976 2017 9.00 (2023) ND (2023)
Domitille MEHEUT F Member 2023 1973 2014 14.0 (2023) ND (2023)
Hélène MOLINARI F Member 2023 1963 2020 14.0 (2023) ND (2023)
Jacques RICHIER M Member 2023 1955 2016 9.00 (2023)
Aimery LANGLOIS-MEURINNE M Member 2023 1943 2008 2023 9.00 (2022)
Corentin PETIT M Member 2023 1986 2021 2023 ND (2022)
Changes to Board of directors : 30/08/2024
Name (11) Indep.
(6/11)
Challenged
(conflicted interests, distant or current)
Die hard
(7 years or more)
Improbable
(too young, disconnected profile)
Overloaded
(too many boards, too old)
Specific agenda
(gov. or staff rep)
Tied
(family, business relations, executive)
Unknown
(lack of history, short CV)
Luce GENDRY
Gilles BABINET
Nathalie BALLA
Sebastien BRETEAU
Philippe CHARQUET
Grégoire CHERTOK
Cyrille CHEVRILLON
Iris LANGLOIS-MEURINNE
Domitille MEHEUT
Hélène MOLINARI
Jacques RICHIER
Christian LANGLOIS-MEURINNE M CEO 1944 1971 ND (2024) ND (2023)
Julien BENTZ M Managing Part... 1975 2005 ND (2023) ND (2023)
Marco DE ALFARO M Partner 1961 2004 ND (2023) ND (2023)
Tatiana NOURISSAT F General Secret... 1969 2004 ND (2023) ND (2023)
Changes to Management : 19/07/2024
Existing committees
  • Audit / Governance Committee
  • Compensation committee
  • Financial Statements Committee
  • Litigation Committee
  • Nomination Committee
  • Safety committee
  • SRI / Environment

Environmental score
Company (Sector)
1.0 (4.0)
Data sets evaluated as trends on rolling calendar, made sector relative
ParametersScoreSectorWeight
CO² Emission1/105/10 30%
Water withdrawal1/103/10 30%
Energy1/104/10 25%
Waste1/104/10 15%
Environmental score1.0  100%
Environment matters

AlphaValue’s automated Environment scoring is not applicable to IDI, given that several data inputs necessary for the computation of the Environment score do not pertain nor apply to holding company-type structures such as IDI.

Environmental metrics


Energy (GJ) per €m in capital
employed

CO² tons per €m in capital
employed

Cubic meter water
withdrawal per €m in capital
employed

Tons waste generated per €m in
capital employed
IDI Other Financials
Sector figures
Company CountryEnvironment
score
Energy
(total,
in GJ)
CO2
Emissions
(in tons)
CO2
Compensation
(in tons)
Water
Withdrawal
(in m3)
Waste
(total,
(in tons)
        
Ackermans & van Haaren 2/10 672,792   
Adyen 3/10n/a10,168 n/an/a
Amundi 9/1056,2826,392 32,085161
Bolloré 10/101,066,59756,876 242,70522,515
Bouygues 6/1042,149,0002,300,000 1,000,000 
Corporacion Financiera Alba 10/1034,5381,972 37,045373
D’Ieteren Group 6/101,971,982127,460  163,955
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG BH 1/10 210   
Deutsche Boerse 7/10303,0769,227 74,63320
DWS 4/10 2,126   
EdenRed 4/1044,3567,812 44,166468
En+ 2/10353,000,00053,800,000 1,035,300,000225,000,000
Eurazeo 6/109,827,411832,409 36,311,69440,627
Euronext NV 4/1023,5226,714 253,892 
Exor 3/10 351,370   
GBL 4/10 171   
Hal Trust 1/10     
HBM Healthcare Investments BH 1/10     
Heineken Holding 7/107,009,0001,200,000 86,000,0005,092,000
IDICR 1/10     
Industrivärden 10/103,490,125291,000 2,128,12585,125
Investor 10/1019,224,680217,114 11,137,056397,752
Kinnevik Investment 6/10688229,124 n/an/a
Leonteq AG 6/1012,294321   
London Stock Exchange Group 6/10593,84273,836 1,166185
Nexi 5/10240,60211,573 605,6001,319
Partners Group BH 4/10 2,297 2,374,472 
Pluxee 1/10     
Porsche SE 1/10     
Prosus 5/101,85018,743 1,07423
Sonae 8/103,023,469157,568 2,232,119110,054
Swissquote Group Holding 7/1012,751113 n/a276
Tessenderlo Group 5/1015,647,684900,413 18,023,972213,499
Vivendi 10/10458,42424,512 20,00010,007
VZ Holding BH 4/10 461,000   
Wendel 4/10 116   
Wise 4/1012,565868 n/a227
Worldline 10/10278,0949,109 17,3722,092

Social score
Company (Sector)
4.3 (5.5)
Social matters

AlphaValue’s automated Social scoring is not applicable to IDI, given that several data inputs necessary for the computation of the Social score do not pertain nor apply to holding company-type structures such as IDI.

Quantitative metrics (67%)
Set of staff related numerical metrics available in AlphaValue proprietary modelling aimed at ranking on social/HR matters
ParametersScoreWeight
Staffing Trend2/10 20%
Average wage trend8/10 35%
Share of added value taken up by staff cost1/10 25%
Share of added value taken up by taxes1/10 20%
Wage dispersion trend0/10 0%
Pension bonus (0 or 1)0
Quantitative score3.7/10 100%
Qualitative metrics (33%)
Set of listed qualitative criterias and for the analyst to tick

ParametersScoreWeight
Accidents at work10/10 25%
Human resources development5/10 35%
Pay0/10 20%
Job satisfaction3/10 10%
Internal communication10/10 10%
  
Qualitative score5.6/10 100%


Sector figures
CompanyCountrySocial Score Quantitative scoreQualitative scoreStaffing
      
Wise 7.78.56.26,415
Prosus 7.67.09.027,387
Adyen 7.37.47.24,299
Worldline 7.36.98.018,009
Vivendi 7.16.78.063,500
Swissquote Group Holding 6.75.79.01,157
Amundi 6.75.49.35,486
London Stock Exchange Group 6.55.29.327,290
Investor 6.37.44.117,391
Industrivärden 6.24.59.715.0
Sonae 6.16.45.449,065
Ackermans & van Haaren 6.15.67.221,858
Bouygues 6.06.15.9192,650
D’Ieteren Group 6.05.27.531,521
Leonteq AG 6.04.39.3567
Kinnevik Investment 5.94.19.746.0
Heineken Holding 5.84.87.987,256
EdenRed 5.85.56.611,621
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG BH 5.84.97.687.0
Pluxee 5.77.42.35,560
Deutsche Boerse 5.74.58.314,218
Tessenderlo Group 5.54.67.67,314
Exor 5.54.18.323.0
DWS 5.34.07.94,350
Euronext NV 5.23.39.32,327
Eurazeo 5.26.03.7454
Wendel 4.75.82.789,921
Hal Trust 4.76.02.132,483
Porsche SE 4.64.45.143.0
Nexi 4.54.05.510,856
En+ 4.34.34.589,163
Bolloré 4.25.22.492,232
Partners Group BH 3.85.11.31,800
Corporacion Financiera Alba 3.84.42.7205
GBL 3.84.23.013,910
HBM Healthcare Investments BH 3.70.89.79.00
VZ Holding BH 1.11.60.00.00

Sustainability / ESG by AlphaValue:

Doubt driven, focused on dynamics


AlphaValue was set up in 2009 as an ESG native firm: since inception, no research could be published without filling up the ESG relevant items. ESG has always been there as a natural building block of the research effort.

Without much pretence, AlphaValue has accumulated 11 years of proprietary, practical data in a consistent way that has been made to “talk” with financial data. The efforts have been aimed at solving the main conundrum of ESG analytics: avoiding useless and noisy data. AlphaValue ESG data is intimately connected to the fundamental research work and its continuous updating process. In other words, AlphaValue ESG data can be made to resonate at will in terms of financial implications for those investors with the willingness to do so.

Over the last 3 years, this data, or rather the dynamic of this data, has been put at work so that it impacts directly and consistently on valuations across AlphaValue’s 450 + stocks universe. This is considerable progress vs. the dominant “consumption” of ESG raw data: ESG-type conclusions are sitting next to valuation fundamentals but hardly any investor is in a position to bridge effectively the two in a consistent and repeatable way. It takes more than a spreadsheet to get stable and auditable results that work 100% of the time.

AlphaValue reckons that it currently is the only equity research provider in Europe to have reached this stage: a perfectly smooth on-boarding of ESG data, on a continuing basis, impacting valuation fundamentals day and night.

This is available on every stock, every sector, every stock selection, every day.


Heretical ESG opinions?


ESG is a contradiction in terms. Without a good Governance, the Social and Environment items will never show progress. Social is for stakeholders and thus unlikely to please shareholders. The long-term view that good pay/working conditions are ultimately good for shareholders is, like any promise, better left to those who want to believe in it. It does not work for normal investment horizons

Environmental gains will not happen without good Governance but this is not enough as environmental progress will not happen without coercion from governments/supra-governments. There is no reason why a corporate will spend more for a possible collective gain tomorrow when it can have better returns now for its shareholders.

The environment is a cost of massive complexity and a universal one as data improves and allows for intricate tracking of what corporates are up to. There is no practical way a corporate can be valued through a web of changing definitions of environmental data. AlphaValue holds the view that all corporates are made to pay through lower GDP growth expectations resulting from friction costs. The only dimension that really matters from an investment perspective is whether a given corporate makes an extra effort vs. peers. A good ‘E’ rating shall not be driven by absolute levels but by the dynamic of emission controls relative to peers. Dumping cement stocks because they spit out carbon is a narrow view of what ESG implies.

Sustainability scores only

AlphaValue always refused to supply a pecking order of its coverage along some improbable ESG scale. It just does not make sense to mix opposing signals in a single ranking.

Sustainability is a different proposition where analytical items contributing to the E, the S and the G can be highlighted as sustainability precursors and combined in an intellectually acceptable way. This is the only scale made available by AlphaValue.

Sustainability impacts target prices

From 1-12-2020, AlphaValue substituted sustainability metrics for its Governance and Social ones when it comes to impacting valuations;

Indeed since 2019, all DCF (or DCF equivalents for Financials) have been impacted by Governance and Social metrics to connect directly ESG-type findings into share price targets and bring consistency across the board. The impact is driven by adjusting the small ‘g’ conventionally used to assess the growth to infinity. This is being tweaked to recognise, say, that good governance ultimately pays off.

The same procedure is now stemming from Sustainability metrics instead.

For the record, this has been made possible as AlphaValue has finalised its proprietary E scoring, now extended to 4 items (GHG, Waste, Water, Energy) on which a degree of data stability seems to emerge.