Morningstar Sustainalytics - Controversies Research
Data category
- Governance data
- Research data
- Social data
Who are the data users?
- Corporates
- Financial institutions
- Investors
What asset class does the data cover?
- Listed equity
- Private equity
Brief description of the data offering
Morningstar Sustainalytics' Controversies Research delivers insights, real-time monitoring, and extensive issuer coverage in both public and private markets. Designed for proactive risk management, it helps you make informed, impactful investment decisions. Controversies Research provides deep, actionable insights. We provide a granular dataset covering 100 incident types mapped to 41 Risk and Impact Event Indicators. Our innovative dual scoring system provides an evaluation of ESG controversies from two different perspectives.
Risk Event Score: Aligns controversies with potential financial risks, helping you safeguard portfolios by identifying market exposure and strengthening oversight.
Impact Event Score: Assesses the severity, scope, and remediation efforts related to an incident, offering a transparent view of corporate accountability and response.
Together, these interconnected scores deliver a comprehensive understanding, empowering you to strategically manage critical ESG risks with data-driven confidence.
Where and how do you source your data?
We use publicly available sources and screen 70,000 media and NGO sources daily to identify relevant news items and articles. News items are filtered and assessed by a dedicated incidents team.
