UNGC Screening Dataset

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What is the UNGC Screening Dataset?

The UNGC Screening Dataset is a one stop screening solution that helps investment managers, bankers and non-financial corporates assess whether companies are aligned with the 10 UN Global Compact (UNGC) Principles. It provides clear, actionable UNGC alignment labels like Not Aligned, Watchlist, or No Flag plus principle-level flags (P1–P10) across Human Rights, Labor, Environment, and Anti-Corruption, and controversial weapons involvement indicators. These outputs support breach identification, engagement prioritization, exclusionary screening, and regulatory reporting (e.g., SFDR).

How UNGC Screening Works?

UNGC Screening produces those labels and flags by combining two evidence streams:

Controversy monitoring: Uses evidence from Sustainable1’s Controversies Dataset to track company conduct related to Human Rights, Labor, Environment, and Anti-Corruption issues.
Business involvement screening (BIS): Uses BIS to identify involvement in controversial weapons.

These inputs are translated into consistent screening signals that map to the relevant UNGC principles, enabling the dataset to stay current while remaining usable in investment, risk, and corporate workflows

Why Choose Our UNGC Screening Dataset?

Key Features

UNGC Alignment label: Not Aligned / Watchlist / No Flag
Principle-level flags: P01–P10
Theme-level flags: Human Rights, Labor, Environment, Anti-Corruption
Case-level support: Controversy Involvement Label (Major/Severe), Case Details
Weapons involvement indicator: Based on controversial weapons involvement (BIS)

Coverage

Covering an estimated 24,000 companies (from a starting coverage of 16,500 entities) across the Sustainable1 Controversies Dataset and Business Involvement Screens universes, refreshed daily to stay on top of evolving UNGC risks and maintain timely oversight.

Why This Matters?

In a world where majority of UNGC misalignment goes unnoticed, the UNGC Screening Dataset provides the daily UNGC due diligence signals, principle-level transparency, and audit-ready documentation you need to identify risks early, engage effectively, and demonstrate compliance with confidence.

How does UNGC Screening identify misalignment with the UN Global Compact Principles?

The dataset monitors company conduct using evidence from the Sustainable1 Controversies Dataset and Business Involvement Screens, flagging potential misalignment across Human Rights, Labor, Environment, and Anti-Corruption principles:

How Can Our UNGC Screening Dataset be Used?

Exclusionary Screening

Use UNGC flags to systematically identify and exclude companies that may be misaligned with UNGC Principles supporting mandate compliance and consistent portfolio rules.

Engagement Targeting

Prioritize stewardship by using watchlist signals to identify companies that may be at risk of misalignment and trigger engagement, escalation, or enhanced monitoring.

Index Design & Governance

Apply UNGC Screening as an index rule set to build and maintain screened indices supporting transparent, repeatable index inclusion/exclusion decisions.

Counterparty / Reputational Risk Oversight

Monitor counterparties and holdings for emerging UNGC-related risks to support reputational risk management, risk committees, and timely escalation.

Supply Chain Due Diligence

Screen suppliers and third parties for potential UNGC misalignment to strengthen procurement decisions and ongoing supply chain risk controls.

Regulatory & Disclosure Reporting

Leverage standardized UNGC screening to target compliance with the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and other due diligence directives enabling investors and companies to evidence, document, and report alignment with international norms and sustainability standards.

Principle Level Flags

Human Rights (P1–P2)
Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights

Principle 2: Businesses should make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.
Labor (P3–P6)
Principle 3: Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining.

Principle 4: Businesses should uphold the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labor.

Principle 5: Businesses should uphold the effective abolition of child labor.

Principle 6: Businesses should uphold the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.
Environmental (P7–P9)
Principle 7: Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges.

Principle 8: Businesses should undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility.

Principle 9: Businesses should encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies
Anti-Corruption (P10)
Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.
Controversial Weapons
Controversial Weapons
Business Involvement Screens provide detailed assessments of common areas of investor concern pinpointing the precise level of involvement, from production to operations and distribution, to inform values-based investment strategies.