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Screening Solutions

Tools for managing portfolios with social and environmental investment criteria

RiskMetrics Group's screening solutions provide impartial, objective research for social screening of investment portfolios. Our screening research combines index-based coverage with an exhaustive, issues-based approach that identifies the broadest possible universe of companies affected by an issue.

Screening solutions is delivered by web-based tools as well as by direct data feeds, allowing you to incorporate screening information directly into your own compliance workflow and portfolio management tools.

Benefits of Screening Solutions

Issues-based research covers more than the major market indices
Our uniform screening standards are based on verifiable quantitative research
Custom portfolio screens available to match your firm's unique investment philosophy or clients' guidelines
Multiple security types are screened, including bonds and options, to help ensure compliance

Our screening research covers hundreds of factors across the following categories:

Adult Entertainment
Alcohol
Animal Welfare
Bioengineering/GMOs
Contraceptives

Country ties for sanctioned states
Diversity
Environmental Performance
Ethics/Security
Firearms

Gambling
Human Rights
Labor Relations
Nuclear Power
Predatory Lending Practices

Pre-defined screens for faith-based values
Stem Cell and Cloning
Tobacco
Weapons/Military
Workplace Issues