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BSI Examining Better Use of Data to Improve Firms’ ESG Performance
The drafters of a new standard to help financial companies manage their sustainability obligations and targets is also working with academics to identify how data can be better used to improve ESG performances. The British Standards Institution (BSI) has enlisted the help of universities, including Oxford, in its IMPACT programme to work out ways that…
RepRisk Makes ESG Data Accessible from Snowflake Marketplace
RepRisk’s ESG risk data is now available on Snowflake Marketplace, giving sustainable market professionals easy access to the Swiss company’s content without having to adapt their internal processes. Through Snowflake’s platform, RepRisk says customers can be assured of data security, scalability, assessment and governance. Its data is collated from sources other than corporate self-disclosures to…
ISS ESG Provides US Cyber Risks Visibility for Sustainability Investors
ESG investors are now able to monitor companies’ cyber risks through a new service provided by ISS ESG. The ISS ESG US Cyber Risk Index offers clients visibility into which corporates face the highest risk of digital intrusion based on their cyber security provisions. ISS ESG, the sustainable investment unit of Institutional Shareholder Services, said…
Verne Global Scales Data Centre Benefits that a Small-town Pool Already Enjoys
What is the link between financial institutions, the war in Ukraine, Iceland’s volcanic landscape and a public swimming pool in a small Devon town? At first glance, they may seem like a disparate collection. But a closer inspection reveals a deep connection to data – and the key to the puzzle is found within the…
ESG Data and Tech Summit to Reflect Pivotal Moment in Sustainable Finance
The cusp of a new era in ESG data and technology is upon us as financial institutions integrate sustainability into their everyday activities, mindful of the fact that they are not just custodians of money that will drive environmental and social change, but that are also part of the broader change project. In ESG’s next…
Huge Differences in Data Costs Found
A study of ESG data costs has found that some asset managers are being charged six time more than others for sustainability data and scores. Substantive Research also found that index data could be as much as 26 times more expensive for some customers.
‘Surprise’ Success for PE Start-up Novata Rolls on With New Funding
No one seems more surprised with the speed of success of data and benchmarking start-up Novata than its senior management. Within just a year, the US-based company has become a leading name in the private equity markets’ burgeoning involvement in sustainable investing, attracting the interest in the largest investors in the sector. That has been…
Data, Tech Rising to Water Challenge as Historic UN Meeting Highlights Alarm
History will be made in New York next week when heads of state from around the world gather for the first United Nations Water Conference in half a century. The fact that it is being held at all underlines the growing importance of water to the global sustainability project. Water-based issues, from pollution, stewardship, overuse…
Eurex to Launch ESG Compass Clearing Tool
European derivatives exchange Eurex is to launch an ESG clearing tool next month that will enable customers to test their portfolios against a number of climate metrics and data. The ESG Compass will provide services initially for securities delivered as margin collateral and default fund contributions.
ESG Book to Provide Data and Tech to Korean Member of BDO
ESG Book, the sustainability information and scores provider backed by an alliance of large banks and institutions, is to supply data and technology to Korea’s BDO Sunghyun. The independent member of the global BDO accounting and tax advisory network will be able to access ESG Book’s raw ESG and climate data, company- and portfolio-level scores…