ISS ESG Corporate Rating

Highlights

• Assess companies’ sustainability performance on an absolute best-in-class basis with this corporate rating data feed. Using a sector specific and materiality focused approach, key issues are identified to represent the most material sustainability issues for a given industry and companies are compared to their peers on how they address these key issues.

• Identify correlations between sustainability and financial performance with over 250 ESG rating scores and underlying categories, including Prime ratings, financial performance scores, areas of concern, and more.

• Seamlessly incorporate model outputs into risk management, portfolio construction, engagement, and proxy voting strategies. Rely on a proven granular and rule-based methodology that provides a high level of detail and transparency.

The ISS ESG Corporate Rating provides a highly relevant, material, sector-specific and forward-looking assessment of a company’s environmental, social and governance performance. The methodology has been established and refined for more than 25 years to deliver high-quality and in-depth research on public and private companies' sustainability performances. The Prime Status label is awarded to companies that meet specific minimum standards in successfully managing sustainability-related risks and opportunities and achieve the best ESG scores among their sector peers.

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