Low Carbon Transition Rating
Sustainalytics ESG Research Reports
A Reference Guide
Access your company's complimentary reports
Sustainalytics produces the following ESG research reports. The reports are available free of charge to the company that is the subject of our research. Sustainalytics also makes this research data available, for a fee, to investor clients.
| Report Name | Product Details | Report Details | Where to Access |
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ESG Risk Rating Report
| The ESG Risk Rating measures a company’s exposure to industry-specific material ESG risks and how well it is managing those risks. | Updated annually.
See FAQ here. | Download from your Issuer Gateway account. Sustainalytics' Issuer Relations team will send you an email alert when it is available.
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Management Indicators Feedback Report
Note: Available only to companies within the Comprehensive Ratings framework.
Sustainalytics does not provide the Feedback Report to Investor clients.
| The Management Indicators Feedback Report (or Feedback Report) outlines details on the management indicators that are specific to each company's industry/ subindustry. Indicators assess management performance related to ESG risks.
The report is intended to collect a company's feedback on our initial ESG Risk Rating research findings.
| The Feedback Report allows you to comment on our research. Your comments will inform our updates to the ESG Risk Rating Report.
Important to note: We do NOT update the Feedback Report after receiving company feedback. Your company's feedback will be reflected only in the ESG Risk Rating Report. | Companies within the Comprehensive Ratings framework can download the report from your Issuer Gateway account.
Sustainalytics' Issuer Relations team will send you an email alert when it is available. |
ESG Controversy Report | Sustainalytics' Controversies research identifies incidents and events that may pose a business or reputation risk to a company due to the potential impact on stakeholders or the environment.
The report is a component of the ESG Risk Rating scoring model. Details are updated as events occur. | The report is a component of the ESG Risk Rating scoring model.
Details are updated as events occur.
The report is NOT available online.
| Contact Issuer Relations to request a copy of the PDF. |
Corporate Governance Report
Note: As of May-June 2024, we will no longer generate a standalone Corporate Governance report. | From May-June 2024, we will incorporate all Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Governance assessments into the ESG Risk Rating report, as part of a series of enhancements to the methodology. |
| Contact Issuer Relations if you have any questions. |
Product Involvement Report
| Sustainalytics' Product Involvement research identifies company involvement in particular products and services that some investors wish to exclude from their investment portfolios. | Updated annually. See FAQ here. | Download from your Issuer Gateway account.
Sustainalytics' Issuer Relations team will send you an email alert when it is available. |
| Global Standards Screening | Sustainalytics’ Global Standards Screening assesses companies’ impact on stakeholders and the extent to which a company causes, contributes to or is linked to violations of international norms and standards. | Our research provides assessments covering the UN’s Global Compact Principles, International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Conventions, OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). | Contact Issuer Relations |
| EU Taxonomy | Sustainalytics’ EU Taxonomy solution assesses companies’ eligibility and alignment to the Climate Change Mitigation objective, supplementing reported data with estimations that rely on proxies to give a more holistic picture of a company’s alignment. | The assessment focuses on a company’s economic activities rather than the company itself. This activity-based research relies on NACE, a statistical classification system of economic activities developed by the EU. | Contact Issuer Relations |
Low Carbon Transition Rating | The Low Carbon Transition Rating assesses how well a company is preparing for a future low-carbon economy.
| Updated annually.
See FAQ here. | Download from your Issuer Gateway account. |