How do you source your ESG metrics?

As global interest in ethical investment grows, how do companies, investors and other stakeholders source the necessary ESG criteria needed to inform decision making?

ESG (Environmental, social and governance) criteria are of increasing interest to companies, their investors and other stakeholders. While the momentum has picked up massively in the past few years, the uptodate ESG information, metrics and benchmarks lack the appropriate standardisation – often a slightly haphazard amalgamation of data from various sources.

With increasing financial relevance, ESG criteria has a profound impact on the origination process. For bond issuers this means detailed ESG information about their company will be needed to deliver an accurate report to investors. It is even more important for issuers to have access to these metrics – and have updated reports not just during the origination process.

Finsmart is supporting ESG issuance – and is developing tools to supply clients with relevant ESG content that paints an accurate picture of their company, as well as benchmarking against competitors.