Tackling social and environmental challenges represents an enormous investment opportunity. In less than 10 years, Tesla grew to become the most valuable automaker in the world.
Sustainalytics’ Sustainable Products Research enable investors to pick out those companies with social and environmentally progressive revenue streams from a universe of more than 10,000 companies. Clients can leverage this information to benefit from secular trends and create thematic impact investing products aligned to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Depth
Understand company involvement via quantitative and qualitative data points, including percentage of revenues, nature of involvement and revenue analysis.
Flexibility
Use the data to screen portfolios for, or report on, a company’s positive contribution to social and environmental challenges.
Thematic Breadth
Select from 12 thematic areas covered by sustainable products and services, that address the challenges you are prioritizing.
Expertise
Leverage the insights of our expert team specializing in product analysis.
Identify companies whose goods and services support a more sustainable world.
Analyze, screen, and monitor portfolios for sustainable goods and services.
Improve your sustainability reporting.
Develop sustainability or SDG-themed impact investment solutions.
Complement your ESG analysis with sustainable product involvement.
Coverage
>10,000 Companies
Global Coverage
Impact Investing Themes
Click on the image to see the product areas’ relation to the Sustainable Development Goals.
Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing
The Affordable Housing theme assesses companies’ involvement in the development and/or management of housing that is affordable to low and lower-middle income people.
Education
Education
The Education theme assesses companies’ involvement in products and services that improve access to education.
Energy Efficiency
Energy Efficiency
The Energy Efficiency theme assesses companies’ involvement in the provision of products and services that significantly improve energy efficiency across a broad range of applications.
Financial Inclusion
Financial Inclusion
The Financial Inclusion theme assesses companies’ involvement in products and services that provide access to financial products and services that meet the needs of low-income and vulnerable groups at an affordable cost and in a fair and transparent manner.
Green Buildings
Green Buildings
The Green Buildings theme assesses companies’ involvement in the development, management, or provision of products for sustainable buildings.
Green Transportation
Green Transportation
The Green Transportation theme assesses companies’ involvement in the provision of sustainable transportation products and/or services.
Health
Pollution Prevention & Reduction
Pollution Prevention and Reduction
The Pollution Prevention & Reduction theme assesses companies’ involvement in products and services that prevent the production or release of pollutants, or that provide pollutant treatment or remediation services.
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy
The Renewable Energy theme assesses companies’ involvement in the generation of renewable energy or in the manufacture of products and services that support renewable energy generation.
Resource Efficiency
Resource Efficiency
The Resource Efficiency theme assesses companies’ involvement in products and services that support a circular economy by increasing the efficiency of resource use, or enabling recycling and resource recovery.
Sustainable Agriculture and Food
Sustainable Agriculture and Food
The Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Forestry theme assesses companies’ involvement in agriculture, food and forestry products and services that are considered sustainable, according to credible global or national certification schemes.
Water
Water
The Water theme assesses companies’ involvement in products and services that provide access to water, increase water efficiency, and/or contribute to the sustainable management of water resources.
Why Sustainalytics?
A Single Market Standard
Consistent approach to ESG assessments across the investment spectrum.
Award-Winning Research and Data
Firm recognized as Best ESG Research and Data Provider by Environmental Finance and Investment Week.
End-to-End ESG Solutions
ESG products and services that serve the entire investment value chain.
30 Years of ESG Expertise
800+ ESG research analysts across our global offices.
A Leading SPO Provider
As recognized by Environmental Finance and the Climate Bonds Initiative.
Impact Metrics
Identify, measure and manage the social and environmental impact of your portfolio.
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Climate Solutions
Leverage our carbon research to align your portfolio to the future low-carbon economy.
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Thematic Engagement
Engage on the most challenging ESG issues, from climate change to human capital.
Learn MoreMorningstar® Global Renewable Energy IndexSM
Exposure to equity investments that generate revenue from renewable energy and green transportation.
Morningstar® Societal Development IndexSM
Developed and emerging market companies that align with one or more of the UN SDGs.
Morningstar® Minority Empowerment IndexSM
Companies that are committed to racial and ethnic diversity as demonstrated by relevant programs and policies related to diversity, community development etc.
Morningstar® Global Market SustainabilitySM Index Family
Best-in-class equity index that features reduced ESG risk profile with low to moderate tracking error.
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