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The ESG Advantage

Investor demand for financially material Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) information is growing rapidly. Now, more than ever, investors understand the value of integrating ESG factors into their investment decisions to mitigate risks and uncover opportunities. In a February 2020 McKinsey study The ESG premium: New perspectives on value and performance’, 83 percent of C-suite leaders and investment professionals say they expect that ESG programs will contribute more shareholder value in five years than today. But the lack of consistency, engagement, and a forward view of the majority of ESG information providers result in widespread difficulties for investors looking to utilize these opinions and integrate ESG factors to gain a competitive edge.

The ESG Advantage - Exploring links to corporate financial performance
The Importance of ESG Evaluation for Investors
  • Gain deeper insights into the risk and opportunities facing businesses you are investing in;
  • Balance risk adjusted financial returns with sustainability benefits;
  • Meet your clients' needs and requests, and satisfy your ESG mandates;
  • Adhere to climate finance and regulatory investment targets and disclosure standards;
  • Investors believe ESG factors could translate to financial impact over a long term time horizon, for both fixed income and equity investments;
  • Investors believe that integrating ESG could help improve the investment outcome in terms of return enhancement or risk reduction.
The Importance of ESG Evaluation for Entities
  • Help your investors better understand your company’s strategy, corporate purpose, and management quality;
  • Benchmark your performance to understand your areas of strength and weakness and enhance your risk management processes;
  • Differentiate your sustainability efforts from your peers in the eyes of your investors and the community
  • Send a strong, pro-active message to stakeholders and appeal to more women and millennials as employees and customers;
  • Positioning your entity well in ESG could help you access a broader source of capital;
  • Be proactive and be prepared as more and more investors are requesting specific objectives around an entity’s ESG strategies and monitoring their progress.
  • The ESG Advantage
    • The ESG Advantage

      Investor demand for financially material Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) information is growing rapidly. Now, more than ever, investors understand the value of integrating ESG factors into their investment decisions to mitigate risks and uncover opportunities. In a February 2020 McKinsey study The ESG premium: New perspectives on value and performance’, 83 percent of C-suite leaders and investment professionals say they expect that ESG programs will contribute more shareholder value in five years than today. But the lack of consistency, engagement, and a forward view of the majority of ESG information providers result in widespread difficulties for investors looking to utilize these opinions and integrate ESG factors to gain a competitive edge.

      The ESG Advantage - Exploring links to corporate financial performance
  • Investors
    • The Importance of ESG Evaluation for Investors
      • Gain deeper insights into the risk and opportunities facing businesses you are investing in;
      • Balance risk adjusted financial returns with sustainability benefits;
      • Meet your clients' needs and requests, and satisfy your ESG mandates;
      • Adhere to climate finance and regulatory investment targets and disclosure standards;
      • Investors believe ESG factors could translate to financial impact over a long term time horizon, for both fixed income and equity investments;
      • Investors believe that integrating ESG could help improve the investment outcome in terms of return enhancement or risk reduction.
  • Entities
    • The Importance of ESG Evaluation for Entities
      • Help your investors better understand your company’s strategy, corporate purpose, and management quality;
      • Benchmark your performance to understand your areas of strength and weakness and enhance your risk management processes;
      • Differentiate your sustainability efforts from your peers in the eyes of your investors and the community
      • Send a strong, pro-active message to stakeholders and appeal to more women and millennials as employees and customers;
      • Positioning your entity well in ESG could help you access a broader source of capital;
      • Be proactive and be prepared as more and more investors are requesting specific objectives around an entity’s ESG strategies and monitoring their progress.

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S&P Global Ratings ESG Evaluation
S&P Global Ratings ESG Evaluation is a one of a kind assessment of a company’s ESG strategy and ability to prepare for potential future risks and opportunities. The ESG Evaluation is the ideal tool for investors in that it provides a forward looking, long term opinion of readiness for disruptive ESG risks and opportunities. The methodology is founded on our analysts’ sector and company expertise, relying upon in-depth engagement with company management to assess material ESG impacts on the company, past, present and future.

The ESG Evaluation can cover assessments of corporate entities, banks and insurers, as well as public finance entities. For more information, please 'Get in touch' via the link at the top of this page.

Environmental, Social And Governance Analytical Approach
ESG Evaluation Profile
Profile development assesses the exposure of an entity's operations to observable ESG risks and opportunities, accounting for corporate governance in mitigating risks and capitalizing on opportunities.

ESG Risk Atlas
S&P Global Ratings has created the ESG Risk Atlas to provide a view of relative environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks we see around the world. The Atlas, which takes the form of an online infographic, reflects our observations about various ESG risks that different sectors and geographies face.

See The ESG Risk Atlas
Preparedness
Preparedness assesses a company's capacity to anticipate and adapt to a variety of long-term plausible disruptions and growth opportunities.

FAQ: How We Apply Our ESG Evaluation Analytical Approach: Part 2
  • ESG Evaluation
    • S&P Global Ratings ESG Evaluation
      S&P Global Ratings ESG Evaluation is a one of a kind assessment of a company’s ESG strategy and ability to prepare for potential future risks and opportunities. The ESG Evaluation is the ideal tool for investors in that it provides a forward looking, long term opinion of readiness for disruptive ESG risks and opportunities. The methodology is founded on our analysts’ sector and company expertise, relying upon in-depth engagement with company management to assess material ESG impacts on the company, past, present and future.

      The ESG Evaluation can cover assessments of corporate entities, banks and insurers, as well as public finance entities. For more information, please 'Get in touch' via the link at the top of this page.

      Environmental, Social And Governance Analytical Approach
  • Profile
    • ESG Evaluation Profile
      Profile development assesses the exposure of an entity's operations to observable ESG risks and opportunities, accounting for corporate governance in mitigating risks and capitalizing on opportunities.

      ESG Risk Atlas
      S&P Global Ratings has created the ESG Risk Atlas to provide a view of relative environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks we see around the world. The Atlas, which takes the form of an online infographic, reflects our observations about various ESG risks that different sectors and geographies face.

      See The ESG Risk Atlas
  • Preparedness

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Why Get An ESG Evaluation?

S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA)

The S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) is an annual evaluation of companies’ sustainability practices. It covers over 10,000 companies from around the world. The CSA focuses on sustainability criteria that are both industry-specific and financially material and has been doing so since 1999. The CSA now serves as the tool to gather companies' public and private material ESG information for the ESG Evaluation product. The CSA together with S&P Global's accumulated expertise is helping us streamline the ESG Evaluation workflow process and fine-tune our ESG Risk Atlas calibrations. Read more about the CSA, its uses and benefits here.

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