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ESG Pulse and Beta for April 26th 2023 - Financials somehow continue to avoid controversy risk

Here is a quick industry overview of how industries are responding to ESG for April 26th, 2023

August 8, 2020

Top 10 ESG Data Providers

Who are the Top ESG data providers? And why do you need them?. ESG (Environmental, social and governance) data is critical to identify your risks and opportunities related to the environment, society, and corporate governance. In this article, we will first show some of the most important reasons why ESG data is essential for investors and the top providers to help you meet those goals

Qayyum Rajan

August 8, 2020

5 Best ESG Companies in Health Care [2024 updated]

ESG measures the societal and sustainability impact of every business activity. Investors are now looking to responsibly invest in companies that manage their impact on the environment and society at large. To serve this need of investors. We took a look at the Health Care industry, to understand the best performers. Read on to learn how industry leaders like Cigna Corporation, Centene, Humana Inc, McKesson Corporation and PerkinElmer Inc demonstrate a well managed company, with low ESG controversy risk.

Qayyum Rajan

August 8, 2020

Tracking the Carbon Intensity of Your Portfolio

Of all the environmental issues within the fast growing realm of ESG, carbon emission reductions are the most recognized, and measured. As a result, more investors are tracking the carbon intensity of their portfolios and are using the carbon tracking data to help with their investment decision-making process. Read on to learn more about how this works and why it matters.

Qayyum Rajan

August 8, 2020

How alternative data can lend clarity and transparency to company analysis

Against an ever changing landscape, alternative data takes on new importance in identifying emerging, economic and market trends that traditionally can be slow or impossible to efficiently contextualize.

Qayyum Rajan

August 8, 2020

Why ESG analytics data is becoming a competitive advantage

As the sustainability boom continues to accelerate, there’s a growing awareness across financial markets that high quality companies are generally embracing all things ESG as a high priority strategy. But there’s also a growing awareness amongst investors that accessing high quality ESG information is not always as simple as reading a company’s sustainability report. We discuss below why high quality ESG analytics data is fast becoming a competitive advantage.

Qayyum Rajan

August 8, 2020

Exclusion is not the only answer

As ESG investing continues to grow in popularity, the importance of utilizing the best ESG data, analysis and strategy is also growing. In the past, ESG investing was largely defined by negative screening, or the exclusion of certain types of companies deemed un-investible.

Qayyum Rajan

August 8, 2020

How Data is Accelerating ESG

Change is underway in the ESG sector, and it is being accelerated by the growing role ESG data is playing across the professional investment community. This evolution is creating compelling technology driven opportunities for savvy institutional investors, analysts and ESG advisors to leverage ESG data to improve their investment outcomes, manage risk and advise clients.

Qayyum Rajan

August 8, 2020

Recent announcements by BP are a victory for ESG investors - but their actions need to catch up.

Fossil fuels have been identified as among the main reasons behind global warming, and ESG investors seem to be fighting a battle against fossil fuel companies for decades. Until recently, most companies operating in the fossil fuel industry refused to consider how harmful their products and operations are to the environment around them. Although, this has started to change in the last few years as now almost all major oil majors such as BP, Shell, Total, Eni, with the notable exception of US-based oil and gas companies, accept the negative impact of their operations on climate.

Qayyum Rajan

August 8, 2020

Whats driving ESG momentum?

Most investors will agree that the main objective of investing is to optimize your investment performance for the level of risk you are prepared to accept. However, more and more investors are also realising that the investment equation is becoming more sophisticated than a simple risk versus reward comparison. In particular, there’s a growing awareness of the value to be gained by incorporating ESG data into investment analysis and process.

Qayyum Rajan

August 8, 2020

ESG Case Study: Texwinca Holdings

In this article, we discuss a particularly interesting ESG case study which showcases the growing value-adding role AI-derived ESG data is playing in the professional investment world.

Qayyum Rajan

August 8, 2020

Green, Blue,Pink and Social Corporate Washing

ESG investors are known for paying close attention to the ecological/environmental, social, and green aspects of a business before investing in it. With climate change an increasingly significant threat to human species, it is natural that more and more people would like to make investments or do business in a way that is sustainable in the long run.

Qayyum Rajan

August 8, 2020

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