Corporate Knights - Corporate Knights ESG Data and Ratings

Data category

• Environmental data
• Social data
• Governance data
• Rankings
• Ratings
• Verification/certification data

Brief description of the data offering

• Overall company and financial product ratings
• Raw data, scores, and ratios on up to 24 Key Performance Indicators (12 are universal across all industry groups), including % Clean Revenue, % Clean Investment, Carbon Productivity, % Taxes Paid, % Board and Executive Gender and Racial Diversity.
• Optional 21 ESG “Red Flags” [exclusions] based on misconduct and products, such as thermal coal, blocking climate policy, and extreme deforestation
• Coverage universe is 8000+ global publicly traded companies with $1B+ annual revenue [private companies to be rated in the future]

Where and how do you source your data?

• Direct disclosure from companies on Corporate Knights data portal
• Government and regulatory sources
• Complimented by data feeds from non-profit, NGO’s, pension fund cohorts
• Analyst collection

Who are the data users?

• Asset managers
• Asset owners
• Investment advisors
• Investment industry consultants
• Financial service providers

What is the cost for your data offering?

• Annual dataset subscriptions [delivered monthly] start at $15,000 (plus applicable taxes).

Contacts

research@corporateknights.com