4.01.2008 - 12:15pm ET

(CSRwire) April 1, 2008 - Conde Nast has recognized Innovest Strategic Value Advisors as one of America's 11 most eco-savvy corporations, describing Innovest's rating model as the "corporate environmentalist's answer to Moody's or Standard & Poor's."

Peter Wilkes, Managing Director at Innovest notes, "Innovest's ratings are an indicator of a company's performance on intangible value drivers and management quality. This information is used to support an investor's existing financial knowledge of a company. It is widely accepted among investors that extra-financial information is now required to get a full understanding of a company’s prospects."

By assessing differentials typically not identified by traditional securities analysis, Innovest's IVA ratings uncover hidden risks and value potential for investors. Ratings range from AAA (best) to CCC (worst). Scores on sub factors range from 10 (best) to 0 (worst).

Ratings and research reports from Innovest Strategic Advisors analyzing the environmental, social and governance performance of over 1,750 companies and their industries, including the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations, is available through Innovest's partner CSRwire at www.csrwire.com/reports/independent

About Innovest

Innovest Strategic Value Advisors is an internationally recognized investment research and advisory firm specializing in analyzing companies’ performance on environmental, social, and strategic governance issues, with a particular focus on their impact on competitiveness, profitability, and share price performance. Innovest currently has offices in New York City, Toronto, San Francisco, London, Paris, Sydney, and Tokyo. For the second year in a row, Thomson Extel named Innovest the #1 Leading Independent Research Provider of 'extra-financial research'.

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