Corporate Governance Research & Ratings

Uncover corporate governance risks and opportunities

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Strong oversight and accountability are crucial to the management of material ESG issues as well as a company’s ability to execute its long-term business strategy. Sustainalytics flagged corporate governance concerns at both Volkswagen and Fiat months before the respective emissions scandals broke.  

Sustainalytics’ Corporate Governance Research & Ratings enable investors to better assess portfolio companies’ corporate governance structures, practices and behaviors. These qualities have long been embraced by investors as potential sources of investment risk and, more recently, opportunity.  

Our Corporate Governance Research & Ratings also form the baseline assessment for our ESG Risk Ratings.

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Governance in Brief – March 30, 2023

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Governance in Brief – March 23, 2023

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Governance in Brief – March 16, 2023

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Key Features & Benefits

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Better understand companies’ corporate governance systems and practices and the potential risks and opportunities they pose to long-term value creation.

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Leverage insights from our independent analyses to inform your investment decisions as well as proxy voting and engagement activities. 

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Benchmark companies’ corporate governance performance on a variety of metrics to identify strengths as well as potential red flags. 

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Speak directly to our in-house team of subject matter experts.

Coverage

~4,200 COMPANIES 

Global coverage of major indexes

Corporate Governance Reports

Data-driven contextual reports that provide corporate governance ratings and information on a global universe of approximately 4,200 companies. We assess a company’s corporate governance structures, practices and behaviors along six pillars that are deemed crucial for good governance: Board Integrity & Quality, Board Structure, Remuneration, Shareholder Rights, Financial Reporting and Stakeholder Governance. Select reports also include an analyst view and outlook for the company.

Corporate governance Report

Governance in Brief Newsletter

Sign up to our weekly Governance in Brief newsletter for an analysis of the latest weekly developments. To view previous issues here.

Corporate Governance Pillars

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Board & Management Quality and Integrity 

Do the board’s experience, track record and behavior sufficiently demonstrate its ability to provide strategic leadership and oversight? 

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Board Structure

Do the organization and structure of the board provide sufficient oversight, representation and accountability to shareholders?

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Ownership and Shareholder Rights

Do the constitution of the company and its ownership structures respect the right of outside shareholders relative to the board, management, and major holders?

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Remuneration

Do the company’s remuneration policies and practices provide appropriate incentives for management to build value?

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Audit & Financial Reporting 

Are the company’s financial reports reliable and subject to appropriate oversight?

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Stakeholder Governance

Does the company’s management of extra financial risks and broader stakeholder relationships raise concerns regarding its governance of long-term value creation?

Delivery Options

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Global Access

Access our research through our user-friendly investor interface with easy to use screening and reporting tools. You can also access onscreen & PDF reports

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Data Services Regular data feed (SFTP/FTP) or API

Access our research through an internal or a third-party system of your choice: Bloomberg, Factset and Markit

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Why Sustainalytics?

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A Single Market Standard

Consistent approach to ESG assessments across the investment spectrum.

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Award-Winning Research and Data

Firm recognized as Best ESG Research and Data Provider by Environmental Finance and Investment Week.

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End-to-End ESG Solutions

ESG products and services that serve the entire investment value chain.

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30 Years of ESG Expertise

800+ ESG research analysts across our global offices.

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A Leading SPO Provider

As recognized by Environmental Finance and the Climate Bonds Initiative.

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Governance in Brief – March 30, 2023

UBS to buy Credit Suisse UBS has agreed to merge with embattled local peer Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal worth CHF 3 billion (USD 3.2 billion). The transaction is backed by the Swiss central bank

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Governance in Brief – March 23, 2023

SVB Financial Group sued after the collapse of Silicon Valley bank unit SVB Financial Group, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, and two of its top executives, CEO Greg Becker and CFO Daniel Beck, are being sued by shareholders following the bank’s collapse. The lawsuit, filed by retail shareholder Chandra Vanipenta on behalf of a group of shareholders, accuses the bank and its two top executives of filing false and misleading financial reports.

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Governance in Brief – March 16, 2023

Canada introduces climate reporting framework Canadian regulators have issued new guidance for the country's banks and insurance companies to better manage climate-related risks. The framework, which requires disclosure on governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics related to financial institutions’ greenhouse-gas emissions, was first drafted in 2022.

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Governance in Brief – March 9, 2023

The U.S. Congress has passed a resolution repealing a Department of Labor (“DOL”) rule empowering retirement plan managers to consider climate change and ESG factors in their investment decisions. The rule, introduced by the Biden administration, falls under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), a federal law which sets protection standards for participants in private pension plans. Biden’s ruling entered into force in January this year, overturning prior Trump-era DOL rules that limited pension fund managers to restrict their investment strategies to “pecuniary factors.”

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