Verisk Maplecroft Launches Sovereign ESG Risk Ratings
Global risk analytics company Verisk Maplecroft announced today the launch of its Sovereign 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. More Ratings, developed to offer a set of signals for tracking the sustainability factors for sovereign debt markets.
The new ratings assess 37 issues across nine 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. More dimensions for 198 countries, including years of historical data. According to Verisk, the ratings utilize a unique methodology, based on cluster analysis, to better capture the non-linear complexity of the sovereign 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. More world relative to traditional weighted averages.
David Wille, Verisk Maplecroft Principal Markets Analyst, who led the development of the Ratings, said:
“Governments are, or should be, the guarantors of last resort when it comes to human rights, prosperity and the protection of natural capital and the climate. The surge in interest in sovereign 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. More investing points to how a trusted standard that robustly assesses government bond issuers is needed more than ever – this is where we aim to make the difference.”
Verisk Maplecroft stated that research into 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. More data’s relationship with bond spreads shows that human rights are highly material, and that risks relating to the energy transition have now become a key factor affecting countries’ borrowing costs.
The company’s research into the data also shows that 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. More issues are highly material on multiple levels, with human rights and labor rights strongly associated with lower borrowing costs for sovereigns, and environmentalEnvironmental criteria consider how a company performs as a steward of nature. More issues becoming key factors for debt pricing. The analysis also found that sovereign bond markets are still highly inefficient at the pricing in 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. More issues, taking up to a year to reflect changes in a country’s risk environment.
James Lockhart Smith, Head of Markets at Verisk Maplecroft, said:
“With access to Verisk Maplecroft’s Sovereign 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. More Ratings, investors of all types will be better positioned to anticipate how changes in a sovereign’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. More risk profile can impact debt pricing. Users can track how a country’s sustainability performance is evolving and watch for approaching 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. More tipping points to help minimise downside risks and identify emerging investment opportunities.”
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