Minerva Analytics - ESG Norms Screening
Data category
- Environmental data
- Governance data
- Indices/Exchange data
- Social data
The data offers solutions for:
- Environmental impact analysis and insight
- Investment decisions and portfolio insight
- Norms-based screening
- Reporting: Impact
- Reporting: Other Regulations
- Reporting: SFDR
- Reporting: TCFD
- Reporting: UN SDGs
Who are the data users?
- Financial institutions
- Government
- Investors
- Trustees
Brief description of the data offering
Minerva Analytics (Minerva) provides ESG Norms Screening as part of its Minerva Nexus platform to help investors systematically monitor companies’ alignment with global expectations for responsible business conduct. Our methodology is grounded in the recognised international frameworks of the UN Global Compact (UNGC) and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, offering clients a clear, rules-based approach to identify companies involved in serious or systemic environmental, social, and governance (ESG) violations. Our ESG Norms Screening approach draws on 30 years of experience in governance research and incorporates insights from global frameworks, sustainability standards, regulatory policies, investor expectations, and civil society reporting.
The open and customisable rules-based ESG methodology guarantees the systematic and continuous application of corporate screening protocols, thereby facilitating sustained oversight and rigorous evaluation of companies’ adherence to ESG in line with clients’ investment approach.
We closely monitor company-level performance indicators with reference to, for example:
- UN Sustainable Development Goals;
- Sector/industry group-specific issues;
- Themes, e.g. labour standards, anti-corruption, climate stability; and
- Emerging ESG risks and evolving policy areas, including responsible AI, just transition, digital rights, and biodiversity loss.
This service supports stewardship, portfolio screening, and risk management by flagging companies that breach widely recognised international norms across four key pillars:
- Human Rights;
- Labour Rights;
- Environmental Damage; and
- Anti-Corruption.
Minerva ESG Norms screening applies a materiality-severity matrix to assess the adverse impacts of corporate actions, reputational risks and alignment with international norms. This approach enables a nuanced evaluation of responsible business conduct. This structured scoring system supports consistent, comparable assessments of company behaviour, helping to identify and monitor regulatory, reputational, and financial risks across portfolios.
Where and how do you source your data?
We use online media, NGO data, corporate disclosures, regulatory filings, official government sources, sanction lists, and enforcement databases. Legal records and court proceedings are screened weekly for potential controversies.
What is the cost for your data offering?
Pricing for this solution is available upon request.
Contacts
+44 1376 504500