Credit ratings, commentary and research provider Fitch Ratings announced today the launch of the 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. Sector Discovery Tool for Corporates, aiming to provide companies with a top-down view of the credit relevance and materiality 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. issues across all corporate sectors.
Materiality, or determining the importance of a piece of information, is a key issue 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. for investors and issuers, and can often be a key point of misunderstanding. Investors exploring the sustainability aspects of an investment or portfolio will come across many factors and that can impact their subjects’ 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. standing, yet determining the relative significance of each factor can be very difficult. Materiality assessments become even more challenging when considering factors across multiple industries, where different issues can have varying levels of relevance.
Fitch Ratings said:
“The premise behind the 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. Sector Discovery Tools and accompanying 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. in Credit reports is to support more transparency around the financial relevance and materiality 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. factors. With the range of definitions 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. materiality and approaches to responsible investment, it is not clear how 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. issues are being valued and integrated into investment analysis and decisions by investors and analysts. By releasing these tools and reports weekly over the next couple of months, we hope to contribute to more clarity around this important issue and provide investors with a tool that can help with their research and 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. factors.”
Fitch is launching the new first materiality assessment tool covering non-financial corporates, and intends to follow up with Discovery Tools for Structured Finance, Financial Institutions, and Public Finance and Infrastructure.
Justin Sloggett, Director, Sustainable Finance at Fitch Ratings, said:
“To assist investors and issuers with their 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. integration efforts, we have launched our new 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. Sector Discovery Tool that clearly displays which 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. factors are relevant or material to our credit rating decisions and allows comparisons between sub-sectors of non-financial corporates. We are cognisant that investors are struggling to understand how other financial players define 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. materiality. We hope that this tool and subsequent Discovery Tools and guidance reports will help them.”
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