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Environmental, Social and Governance Data Feeds

Accurate and timely data to help you meet your portfolio management needs

In today's multi-faceted investment climate, institutional investors need to manage environmental and social restrictions quickly and efficiently, in order to meet client expectations and manage portfolio risk. With our deep understanding of the environmental, social and governance risk concerns of pension funds and other asset owners, we are able to help hundreds of institutional investors meet client-driven investment mandates.

Our extensive database of environmental, social and governance factors is used by investment firms:

  • To ensure client compliance, pre- and post-trade
  • To screen for positive and negative ESG factors
  • To help attract assets of pension funds, labor funds and other prospective clients

Compliance Screening Data Feeds


This efficient and cost-effective solution delivers real time, in-depth data across a broad range of social and environmental criteria for publicly listed companies on major indices worldwide.

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Key Environmental and Social Screening Issue Topics
  • Adult Entertainment
  • Environmental Performance
  • Alcohol
  • Bioengineering/GMOs
  • Contraceptives
  • Human Rights
  • Firearms
  • Ethics/Security
  • Gambling

 

  • Predatory Lending Practices
  • Nuclear Power
  • Animal Welfare
  • Stem Cell and Cloning
  • Diversity
  • Tobacco
  • Labor Relations
  • Weapons/Military
  • Workplace Issues
  • Pre-defined screens for faith-based values
Country Ties: Sudan, Northern Ireland, North Korea, Syria, Libya, Iran

Sustainability Data Feeds


Sustainability Data Feeds provide in-depth, accurate and actionable screening data for global companies, factoring in more than 300 sustainability indicators.

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Direct data feeds for over 300 sustainability criteria, categorized under:
  • Climate change
  • Environment
  • Labor and Human Rights
  • Ethics
  • Board Oversight
  • Management
  • Disclosure

Governance Data Feeds


Direct feeds of governance ratings and data can be incorporated into your quantitative model, with individual factor weights customizable to reflect your unique criteria. This solution allows you to better identify governance-related risk within current holdings, augment the investment research process and add CGQ ratings and data to internal research reports or company profiles.

Get a complete list of criteria in ISS' CGQ governance data feeds

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Direct data feeds for up to 65 corporate governance variables, categorized under eight areas of focus:
  • Board of directors
  • Audit
  • Charter and bylaw provisions
  • Anti-takeover Provisions
  • Executive and director compensation
  • Progressive practices
  • Ownership
  • Director education
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