Strategic Focus: Delivering Investor-Grade ESG Data
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Executive Summary
The ESG and sustainability data landscape is rapidly evolving as data requirements become more complex and stakeholder pressure mounts. Investor-grade ESG data will be vital for ensuring ESG regulatory compliance, enhancing investor confidence and maintaining the integrity of financial markets. This report considers the key characteristics of investor-grade ESG data and leverages insights from the recent Verdantix ESG and sustainability global corporate survey, which reveals that firms are struggling to provide reliable, accurate ESG data. Drawing on these insights, this report explores best practices for enabling investor-grade data, covering organizational process changes, personnel capabilities and technology investment.
Table of contents
The evolving ESG and sustainability data landscapeProviding investor-grade ESG data proves to be a challenge
Best practices to deliver investor-grade ESG data
Create a culture of accountability
Develop a robust ESG controls framework
Establish an ESG information architecture
Table of figures
Figure 1. Data requirements under the CSRDFigure 2. Characteristics of investor-grade data
Figure 3. Confidence in ability to provide investor-grade data
Figure 4. Software penetration across a variety of ESG use cases
Figure 5. Best practices to deliver investor-grade ESG data
Figure 6. Designing robust internal controls for investor-grade ESG data
Organisations mentioned
Alphabet, AXA, Bureau Veritas, Clarity AI, Cority, DBS, DuPont, DWS, ERM, European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), Flex, Halliburton, IBM, Morningstar, OneTRust, Position Green, Sphera, UL Solutions, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Wolters Kluwer, WorkivaAbout the authors
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