INFORMA ESG Intelligence is a set of solutions for companies looking to improve, monitor and evaluate their ESG performance (environmental, social and governance) and that of their supply chain, guaranteeing compliance with the standards associated with this matter.
Companies' environmental, social and governance practices - known by the acronym ESG - will be increasingly scrutinised due to growing political and social pressures and the existence of more and better monitorable data.
In recent years many legislative instruments have emerged with legal requirements for reporting non-financial information, and in 2015 the governments of 193 UN member states signed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The pressures that have helped bring ESG to centre stage are related not only to the greater scarcity of resources and the impacts of natural disasters, but also to the growing expectations that companies should increasingly strive to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined by the United Nations.
For this sustainable development, it was understood that the business sector would make a vital contribution, due to its human capital, innovation and technology.
More than ever, social issues, environmental protection and good business management represent fundamental values and assets for companies of any size.
With good ESG performance, companies create value for themselves, particularly with regard to:
Investments - the importance of ESG criteria throughout the company investment process;
Suppliers and Customers - companies are made aware of the reputational and compliance risks they may face through their business relationships with customers and suppliers;
Business performance - various studies confirm a positive and significant correlation between good performance in ESG assessments and growth in turnover as well as profitability in the medium and long term.
As part of our commitment to data excellence, at Informa D&B we collect and process ESG-related information from Portuguese companies. With the support of a team specialised in collecting and analysing data from all available sources, you will have access to a wide variety of indicators on the three ESG company areas: environmental, social and governance.
We have developed the ESG Score, an indicator that shows the relative position of each company in relation to its sector and companies of a similar size, in terms of a significant set of ESG variables that characterise it at a given time.
Depending on the assessment of the different variables and components that characterise it, the company is classified on a 5-class scale / score:
1 - Minimum | 2 - Low | 3 - Medium | 4 - Medium-high | 5 – High
With the ESG Indicator Analysis report it is possible to understand how public data on companies reflects their environmental, social and governance practices, providing an insight into the behaviour of companies within the context of its the sector.
The following indicators are used for this analysis:
ESG SOLUTIONS FROM INFORMA D&B
