Leading credit ratings, benchmarks and analytics provider S&P Global announced today that it has released two new levels of information, encompassing 400 new data points, that inform its company ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. scores. According to S&P Global, the enhanced information aims to provide deeper insights and expanded transparency, enabling markets to better understand companies’ environmentalEnvironmental criteria consider how a company performs as a steward of nature. and socialSocial criteria examine how it manages relationships with employees, suppliers, customers, and the communities where it operates. impact as well as its governanceGovernance deals with a company’s leadership, executive pay, audits, internal controls, and shareholder rights. standards.
The release of the new data points follows this week’s launch by S&P Global of publicly available access to the company’s ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. Scores on 9,200 companies, on a new webpage rolled out by the company, highlighting S&P Global’s full suite ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. solutions.
Sonia Kim, Head of ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. Product Development at S&P Global, said:
“We are excited to offer this deeper level of granularity to our clients. The additional data points will be particularly helpful for the investors who are increasingly seeking to integrate sustainability performance into their investment decisions, as well as for the companies looking to meet the fast evolving regulatory and reporting mandates for ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. disclosures.”
The newly released data points encompass information across companies’ environmentalEnvironmental criteria consider how a company performs as a steward of nature., socialSocial criteria examine how it manages relationships with employees, suppliers, customers, and the communities where it operates. and governanceGovernance deals with a company’s leadership, executive pay, audits, internal controls, and shareholder rights. performance, including environmentalEnvironmental criteria consider how a company performs as a steward of nature. reporting disclosures, biodiversity commitments, direct and indirect CO2 and greenhouse emissions, waste/hazardous disposal, energy consumption, water usage, socialSocial criteria examine how it manages relationships with employees, suppliers, customers, and the communities where it operates. disclosures across safety, human rights and codes of ethics, and policies across anti-crime, corruption & bribery, board governanceGovernance deals with a company’s leadership, executive pay, audits, internal controls, and shareholder rights., executive compensation and supply chain management, among others.
Kim added,
“We are committed to bringing more transparency and rigor into the analysis of ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. risks and opportunities, while also serving companies who seek to measure their own performance against industry peers and sustainability goals.”
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