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Western Union (WU) ESG Score & Sustainability Data

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$10.84 +0.27 (+2.55%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)
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Key ESG Takeaways for Western Union

The key takeaways are AI-generated and highlight the main contributors behind the net impact scores of Western Union. The insights are based on millions of scientific articles, along with the company-specific product and service portfolio.
  • Western Union seems to create the most significant positive value in categories , , and . The largest positive contribution comes from its impact, which is mostly driven by its Wire transfer services, Debit cards, and Money order services products.
  • Western Union uses resources or causes negative impacts mostly in categories , , and & understanding among people. The negative contribution in the impact category seems to be driven mostly by its Mobile payment software, Foreign exchange services, and Money order services products.
  • To improve its net impact, a company can either grow its positive impacts, or reduce its negative impacts. For example, by doubling its Wire transfer services business, Western Union would improve its net impact ratio by 4 percentage points.

WU Impact Ratio

Net impact ratio represents the net impact of a company. It is defined as the (positive impacts - negative impacts) / positive impacts. The maximum value for net impact ratio is 100%, representing a theoretical company with no negative impacts. The minimum value is -∞. Net scores depend on the value sets that determine the importance of different impact categories.
+28.1%
The default value set, where each category is given the same weight.

Value Sets Value sets can be used to assess how different stakeholder values or emphasis on certain values might affect the net impact ratio.

Millennials
Value set of millennials (b. 1980 - 1999), based on Upright's annual Impact at Work survey.
+36.6%
Most Wanted Workforce
Value set of the most wanted workforce, based on Upright's annual Impact at Work survey.
+18.7%
Society First
Value set that emphasizes society impacts over other impacts.
+41.7%
Knowledge First
Value set that emphasizes knowledge impacts over other impacts.
+29.1%
Health First
Value set that emphasizes health impacts over other impacts.
+26.0%

Western Union ESG Score + Net Impact Profile

ImpactNegativeScorePositive
+0.45
+0.45
+0.85
+0.85
+1.04
+1.04
-0.08
-0.05
+0.02
-0.00
+0.02
+0.02
+0.06
+0.06
+0.01
+0.01
-0.00
+0.15
+0.15
-1.43
-1.43
-0.02
+0.01
+0.02
-0.00
0.00
+0.00
+0.00
+0.00
-0.03
-0.02
+0.01
-0.01
+0.01
+0.02
-0.23
-0.23
+0.00
-0.02
-0.02
+0.00
-0.02
-0.02
+0.00
-0.03
-0.03
+0.00
-0.05
-0.05
+0.00

Upright Model Version 0.6.0
ESG Data Last Updated: October 12, 2022

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About Upright's Net Impact Model

Upright Model

Upright's Net Impact Data quantifies the holistic value creation and impact of companies. It details both the negative and positive impacts a company has on the environment, health of people, society and knowledge, and forms a net sum of these costs and gains based on the economic costs of each impact category. The data is produced by Upright's Net Impact model, which is a mathematical model of the economy that produces continuously updated estimates of the net impact of companies by means of an information integration algorithm. The data is primarily sourced from the CORE open access database, which contains over 200 million scientific papers. Other sources of data include open databases published by the World Bank, IMF, WHO, OECD, IPCC, CDC and USDA.

Western Union ESG Score - Frequently Asked Questions

How is Western Union doing in terms of sustainability?

According to The Upright Project, which measures holistic value creation and impact of companies, Western Union has a net impact ratio of 28.1%, indicating an overall positive sustainability impact. Western Union seems to create the most significant positive value in the categories of Societal infrastructure, Taxes, and Jobs. Western Union uses resources or causes negative impacts mostly in the categories of Scarce human capital, GHG emissions, and Societal stability & understanding among people. Learn more on the sustainability of Western Union.


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This page (NYSE:WU) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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