Voluntary Quality Standard (VQS)
CAER is the first non-European organisation to achieve the world-leading Voluntary Quality Standard (VQS).
The VQS is administered by the Brussels-based Association of Independent Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility Research (AI CSRR).
Funded by the European Commission, the Standard was launched in 2009 by leading corporate sustainability research organisations from across Europe. It is a direct response to growing investor and company demand for research groups to incorporate the key principles of integrity, transparency and accountability into their research on the environmental, social, governance (ESG) and ethical performance of companies. It is designed to enhance quality within the research process of each provider without predetermining and dictating the precise research output.
