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Fitch ESG Unit Expand Ratings on Covered and Structured Bonds
Sustainable Fitch has begun providing ESG ratings for labelled structured and covered bonds with an issuance value of US$100 billion. The metrics are the latest additions to Fitch Sustainable’s ESG Ratings, Data and Analysis unit, which has been offering data on $500bn of labelled and KPI-linked debt.
FCA Urges Refocus of Diversity Data, Reveals ESG Ratings Code Plan
The UK’s financial overseer has urged firms to review their use of data to improve their diversity and inclusion performance. Sheldon Mills, the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) executive director for consumers and competition said firms are focusing too closely on gender and diversity, rather than socio-economic data. The call follows the FCA’s announcement that it…
RepRisk Launches Biodiversity Data Tool for Extractives Projects
ESG data provider RepRisk has launched a new biodiversity impact tool for investors, the latest product that seeks to provide visibility into one of the fastest-growing parts of the green economy. RepRisk Geospatial Analytics offers managers and owners of mining, oil and gas assets a detailed view of the proximity of their projects to natural…
Bloomberg Applies New Industry-Implied Estimate Model to Expand Emissions Coverage
Bloomberg has expanded its coverage of corporate carbon emissions using a new estimates model that is providing greenhouse gas datasets on about 40,000 more companies. The US data giant said carbon emission estimates would now be offered on 100,000 companies, providing transparency into their Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Bloomberg said the broader coverage…
Rimes Offers Clients DEI Data from Denominator
Diversity, equity and inclusivity (DEI) metrics specialist Denominator is to provide data and scores to financial institution clients of ESG data management company Rimes Technologies. Rimes, which won two gongs in this year’s A-Team Innovation Awards, described the new partnership as a “great addition to our data universe”. Denominator’s metrics are based on more than…
S&P Sustainable1 Physical Risk Scores Offer Social Impact Window
E, S and G is generally regarded in aggregation, but data products and services usually measure each individually. S&P Global Sustainable1 business, however, believes the geolocated company and climate data combined in its new physical risks metrics are providing a means of measuring the conjunction of the first two of ESG’s pillars. The global rating…
Start-up Net Purpose Has Sustainable Investing in its Sights
The well-known maxim “if you want something done well, do it yourself” is one that Samantha Duncan has taken to heart. After years working as head of impact at emerging markets-focused LeapFrog Investments, she found herself inspired by the continuous flows of sustainable capital, but frustrated: not only was the data challenge to measure ESG…
A-Team Group Names Winners of ESG Insight Awards
A-Team Group announced the winners of its inaugural ESG Insight Awards today. The awards recognise both established solution vendors and innovative newcomers providing leading ESG solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants. The awards included over 20 categories of ESG solutions ranging from Best ESG risk data provider to Best overall ESG data provider,…
As Biodiversity Climbs the ESG Agenda, ISS Unveils Nature-Linked Products
Institutional Shareholder Services’ (ISS) has launched a suite of nature- and natural resources-linked products as biodiversity protection and risk mitigation rise in prominence on among investor concerns. ISS ESG’s Biodiversity Impact Assessment Tool and the latest addition to its ESG indices, the Freshwater Index Series, are intended to give financial institutions better visibility into the…
ACA to Give Clients ‘Deep ESG Data Relationship’ With Ethos Acquisition
US-based compliance adviser to global asset managers ACA Group believes it can provide its clients with the critical ingredient they need to establish their ESG programmes – a deep understanding and relationship with sustainability data. The New York-headquartered company has acquired data specialist Ethos ESG, which provides data and ratings across the sustainability spectrum. Ethos’…