The Alva Reputation Index

The Alva Reputation Index is a league table presenting the reputation scores of the leading companies in the utilities sector.

Updated every 24 hours, the Alva Reputation Index shows how the reputations of the major industry players are rising or falling based on the emerging issues as they appear.

How does the Alva Reputation Index work?

Alva’s reputation score represents the perception of various stakeholders and market segments at any given point in time. The scores are based on the daily analysis of over half a million news and financial announcements, trading and analyst reports, advertising analytics, surveys and social media content.

The scores are calculated using a proprietary algorithm incorporating a weighted average of sentiment and influence for all content sources. The computation of these variables provides a fractional reputation score of between 1—10 for each company in the sector and an industry average score to benchmark it against.

Alva’s categorisation engine analyses the data by Alva’s set of reputation drivers:

- Corporate Culture
- Corporate Leadership
- Financial Performance
- Products & Services
- Social Performance

This information is then updated on the Alva Index table every 24 hours, providing a graphical league table of the reputations of the key industry players.