Best Bets for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Ratings
"On February 18, 2021, Representative Juan Vargas introduced H.R. 1187, the ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2021, which would require [company] issuers to disclose to shareholders certain environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics, the connection between those metrics and the issuer's long term business strategy, and the method by which the issuer determines how ESG metrics affect its long term strategy." In April 2022, further guidance was introduced via H.R. 1028.
Important: There are currently over 100 sustainability-related ratings, rankings and awards. Each of these has its origin in a different set of circumstances and each ranking owner has its own agenda.
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ESG Direct This link opens in a new windowEnvironmental, social, and governance audit reports for thousands of companies worldwide.
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S&P Corporate Sustainability Index2021 ranking of the 631 sustainability leaders based on ESG metrics.
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Sustainalytics ESG Risk RatingsMeasure of the degree to which a company’s economic value is at risk driven by ESG factors. Includes 12,000 companies and 138 sub-industries.
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Morgan Stanley Capital International’s (MSCI) ESG Corporate RatingsPublic ESG Ratings corporate search tool which includes over 2,800 companies.
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CSR HubConsensus ratings of ~25,000 companies' ESG performance.