Sustainalytics is an award-winning global responsible investment research firm specialized in environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and analysis. The firm offers global perspectives and solutions that are underpinned by local expertise, serving both values-based and mainstream investors that integrate ESG information and assessments into their investment decisions.
Sustainability Accountable Standards Board
SASB’s mission is to develop and disseminate sustainability accounting standards that help publicly-listed corporations disclose material factors in compliance with SEC requirements.
GRI – Global Reporting Initiative
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) promotes the use of sustainability reporting as a way for organizations to become more sustainable and contribute to sustainable development.
IRIS – Impact Reporting & Investment Standards
IRIS is the catalog of generally-accepted performance metrics that leading impact investors use to measure social, environmental, and financial success, evaluate deals, and grow the credibility of the impact investing industry.
B-Corp –
B Lab, the nonprofit serving B Corps, operates 3 interrelated initiatives to support these entrepreneurs in the road to a new economy. In addition to certifying B Corps to meet rigorous standards, B Lab operates GIIRS, a ratings agency and analytics platform for impact investors, and also works to pass legislation for new corporate structures.
MSCI Indices –
The MSCI Global Sustainability Indexes are benchmarks for investors seeking exposure to companies with strong sustainability profiles with relatively low tracking error to the underlying equity market. The Index includes the first index started by Domini in 1990.
Dow Jones Sustainability Index
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices serve as benchmarks for investors who integrate sustainability considerations into their portfolios, and provide an effective engagement platform for companies who want to adopt sustainable best practices.
HIP Investor Scorecards
A scorecard system used to analyze human impact across all assets in a portfolio.
GIIRS – Global Impact Investing Rating System
GIIRS is a comprehensive system for assessing the social and environmental impact of companies and funds with a ratings and analytics approach analogous to Morningstar investment rankings.
CSRHub
The world’s largest corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability ratings and information database. CSRHub rates 12 indicators of employee, environment, community and governance performance and flags many special issues. They offer subscribers immediate access to over 58 million detailed data points from our 339-plus data sources.
Thomson Reuters – ESG Research Data (was Asset4)
A Thomson Reuters business that provides objective, relevant and systematic environmental, social and governance (ESG) information based on 250+ key performance indicators (KPIs) and 750+ individual data points along with their original data sources that can be integrated into your traditional investment analysis.
B-analytics
A flexible data platform for measuring, benchmarking, and reporting on impact.B Analytics is a flexible data platform for measuring, benchmarking, and reporting on impact. B Analytics provides tools that makes it easy to manage impact measurement and reporting for your impact investing portfolio, business network, or supply chain.