Corporate Factor Data

Comprehensive coverage of E, S & G operational factors as well as companies' business activities (revenue from all their different products and services) giving investors a full picture of a portfolio's risks and impact.

With 100% coverage of all globally listed companies, see an unbiased objective baseline of ESG factor data, from fund to security level - with consistent time series and quantitative data, making it the ideal solution for investment integration, optimisation and reporting.​

<p><br/></p>

**Coverage:** All listed companies, globally. <br/><br/>**Timeseries** available back to 2012

**Asset Classes:** Public Equity and Fixed Income

**Use Cases:** Analysis and screening of securities, reporting, risk management, stewardship and engagement, compliance, development of investment solutions

<p><br/></p>

**Corporate Factors:**

- Carbon efficiency – tonnes for carbon equivalent emitted per unit of revenue
- Waste efficiency – tonnes of solid waste generated to create one unit of revenue
- Water efficiency – litres of freshwater used to create one unit of revenue
- Gender equality – percentage of women in top management
- Executive pay – ratio of companies’ top management compensation compared to average employee compensation
- Board independence – percentage of independent board members
- Environmental good – revenue from environmentally positive products i.e. clean technologies, for example, wind turbines, solar panels, water purification, waste management, electric vehicles
- Social good – revenue from socially positive products, for example, education, health care, access to financial services
- Avoiding environmental harm – positive signal for avoiding companies with revenue from environmentally negative products i.e. dirty technologies – coal mining and coal-based power generation, factory farming
- Avoiding social harm – positive signal for avoiding companies with revenue from socially negative products, tobacco, alcohol, junk food, weapons
- Economic development – revenue in the least developed countries
- Avoiding water scarcity – litres of water used in water scarce parts of the planet
- Employment – how many employees the company has in areas with high unemployment rates
- Tax gap – tax gap i.e. how much companies pay taxes compared to how much they would be expected to pay based on the geographical spread of their operations

<p><br/></p>

Data collection is automated. The system fetches the latest data from the relevant data source and feeds it back to the Impact Cubed model for further processing. The quality of data is monitored and evaluated using a series of algorithms and a team of data scientists. Further documentation on our Data Sources, Estimation and Quality Assurance Processes is available.