Emissions
PanAgora’s CIO & head of sustainable investing explain firm’s ESG framework, best practices
Waters Wavelength Podcast Interview Series: PanAgora’s George Mussalli and Mike Chen hit on topics including building predictive models using point-in-time data, and balancing ESG portfolios.
BlackRock looks to predictive ESG data, rather than point-in-time
Mary-Catherine Lader says that the asset manager is building out new modeling tools to help users better understand how the decisions a company makes today can affect their performance in the future.
Nasdaq Looks to Contextualize ESG Ratings
The exchange's ESG Footprint converts ESG data into everyday metrics to show investors the impact of their portfolios.
Asset Managers Fear ESG Data Disclosure Gap
Investment firms need data to meet upcoming regulatory requirements. But corporates aren't making this data available in high enough quantity or quality.
Manulife Refines ESG Methodology and Plugs Data Gaps with NLP
The asset manager has adopted materiality tools, industry handbooks, and NLP techniques to help navigate ESG data limitations.
Causality Link Building Next-Gen ESG Dashboard
The research provider will release a dashboard that decouples and drills down into the E, S, and G factors of ESG.
HSBC Launches ESG Reporting Service
The bank's securities services division will provide a PDF report to buy-side clients with ratings and emissions data, showing the performance of large holdings over time.
Four Asset Managers Explain How They Incorporate ESG Data
Execs From UBS AM, Lazard AM, DWS, and East Capital look at incorporating ESG data into their investment practices for more holistic views of risk and opportunity.
Bloomberg: Regulation Driving Demand for ESG Activities Data
Ratings providers must update their products, as a raft of new regulation drives transparency in the sustainable investing sector.
ICE Looks to Bolster ESG Service as Investors Grapple with Lack of Standards
ICE Data Services says investors can access its reference data subscription later this year to build out their ESG strategies.
State Street Plans Large-Scale Expansion of ESG Data Offering
The bank sees opportunity in providing more in-depth, quantitative data on a larger universe of ESG factors.
Asset Managers Chase Signals in ESG Noise
Machine learning can tell stories from large datasets to drive alpha, say quants.
Heating Up: An In-Depth Look at How Investment Firms Use Carbon Data
As ESG data becomes more of a commodity, firms are struggling with how best to incorporate carbon data.
Fixed Income ESG Data: Materially Different
The ESG space is growing rapidly and gaining more attention, but one area that has been largely ignored by data providers is that of ESG information specific to fixed-income investors.
End of Days Data: Climate Content Heats Up
While ESG data is gaining prominence, institutional investors are increasingly looking to incorporate climate change information into the portfolio construction process.
Carbon Market Data Expands S. Korea Emissions Data
Database will provide information about companies' carbon exposure risk for investors in South Korean companies.
Carbon Market Data Fires Up Korean Emissions Database
Carbon Market Data, a London-based provider of databases and analytics covering carbon usage and production, has released a new South Korea ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme) Database, which provides information on the 525 South Korean companies…
Carbon Market Data Rolls out Kazakh Emissions Database, Adds EU Data
London-based emissions data vendor Carbon Market Data has launched a new database of Kazakh companies and their carbon emissions, to provide its clients with information on the country's emissions trading scheme, which started in January 2013.
Carbon Market Data Updates Aviation Carbon Trading Database
The new version of the database contains aviation emission data recently issued by the European Commission