Particularly in the realm of ecology, awareness precedes action. Novethic helps to raise awareness through its analyses and proposals on the three spheres of sustainable development. Its expertise goes without saying, and allows both ordinary people and corporate CEOs to grasp the challenges ahead. A round of applause to the whole team for having maintained a constant focus on discipline and mediation, shedding light and helping us to meet global challenges.

If Novethic did not exist... we would have to create it! We'd have no stats, no news: the SRI and CSR landscapes would be devoid.

As Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dexia, European leader in the SRI funds market via its subsidiary Dexia AM, I am delighted to be associated with the fifth anniversary of Novethic. As its growing success illustrates, the notion of SRI is gaining momentum among professionals - institutional investors and asset managers - and the general public. With respect to our SRI management business, all the services provided by Novethic deliver precious information to our analysts and, more broadly, to our clients, on the state and development of the French SRI market. In addition to its usefulness to financial professionals and specialists, the Novethic website is also an excellent resource that both informs and motivates the general public. Our SRI teams often recommend this site because of the quality of the information it delivers.

For the Bouygues Group, Novethic and its publications offer a reliable and objective source of information on advances in CSR and SRI. Its studies are consistently interesting because they show the evolving maturity of businesses in these areas. Novethic helps the public in France grasp CSR and SRI, an important mission considering that most businesses have yet to fully understand the underlying concepts.

Novethic offers a unique panorama of the events and challenges facing sustainable development in France and in Europe. Its surveys of the SRI markets are of great value to us, providing an accurate and up-to-date vision of the policies and practices of players in this market. Novethic is often the first source that we recommend to people looking for reliable information and market watch on these subjects. Novethic has become a standard bearer in terms of information and expertise, and is also a reliable and stimulating partner for us.

For those interested in SRI, Novethic's publications have three very important things to offer: new information, reliable data and analyses of trends in markets. These three benefits are invaluable in this innovative and fast-moving area. In a word, if Novethic did not exist, it would be necessary to create it! I regularly recommend Novethic. There is no equivalent on the French market in terms of content and quality.

Novethic has certainly played a catalysing role in the dissemination of regular and reliable information on CSR and SRI. The studies produced by Novethic on the SRI market have raised its profile and undoubtedly spurred its development. Both the quality and credibility of its studies have offered support to asset management firms, but they have also helped institutional investors become increasingly aware of the new challenges in SRI. The SRI studies conducted by Novethic are exemplary, both in terms of the topics covered and the methods used to carry them out. The business journalists we talk to on these issues often say they prepared their interview by consulting Novethic's studies. In fact, the findings get coverage in both specialised and general media.

Delivering regular information without pretense about threats and opportunities in corporate responsibility - that's what Novethic has done for me in the last five years. After establishing its credentials as a valued partner, it has become an indispensable partner for me in my job.

Novethic brings me with general information on CSR and more specifically on certain businesses, industries or initiatives. I send articles from Novethic to other stakeholders, such as NGOs or decision-makers, on a regular basis. Novethic is useful to raise awareness within businesses, and is also a good conduit for publicising certain gaps in, or drawing the attention of large multinationals to sustainable development issues. This helps businesses understand the growing reputational risk they face in this area.