How Are The CSA Results Used?

The CSA converts intangible aspects of a company's sustainability performance into tangible scores. Assessed companies receive free access to a powerful online Benchmarking Database, which provides insight into your company's performance against industry peers. Read more on Benchmarking.

Additionally, many companies are provided S&P Global ESG Research reports via the Sustainability Portal.

To see any past scores and/or current reports for your company, first register your company for the Sustainability Portal here.

Thousands of asset managers, investors, and financial institutions use the CSA results directly and indirectly via:

1. S&P Global ESG Scores
Hundreds of clients from more than 12 industries and over 50 countries directly subscribe to ESG Scores and ESG Raw Data as a key output of the CSA. This group includes financial institutions managing $35 trillion in assets who can utilize these scores and data to benchmark corporate performance, manage investment portfolios, allocate financial capital, and build engagement strategies. Additionally, ESG Scores and ESG Raw Data are integral to the sustainability and climate indices produced by S&P Dow Jones Indices, such as the S&P 500 Scored & Screened Index, further extending their reach to even more clients and market segments.

2. Bloomberg Percentile Rankings
Since 2016, percentile rankings of all assessed companies are available to a growing number of mainstream and ESG-focused investors.

3. Indices
CSA results are used in the creation of the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices family of indices, the S&P Scored & Screened Index(opens in a new tab) family as well as indices that use scores at the criteria level like the S&P Long-Term Value Creation Index. These indices are licensed to asset managers and other institutions as the basis of index-linked investment products.