| ESG investors / fund managers | ✔️ Keep track of the ESG commitments and targets of companies in your portfolio ✔️ Set overall ESG objectives for your portfolio ✔️ Benchmark companies in investment fund ✔️ Assess company suitability for your portfolio – i.e. is it setting appropriate sustainability targets? ✔️ Conduct ESG analysis and research on companies in your portfolio ✔️ Produce reporting to fund investors |
| Commercial and investment banks | ✔️ Structure ESG-related debt instruments based on company commitments ✔️ Assess credit appetite based on a company’s ESG factors ✔️ Benchmark companies in lending portfolio |
| Researchers / Academics | ✔️ Study ESG themes and commitments across different industries and geographies ✔️ Analyse impact of new corporate ESG targets and commitments ✔️ Develop proxies for companies’ ESG plans |
| NGOs | ✔️ Monitor companies ESG plans ✔️ Hold companies to account on their ESG commitments |
| Consultancies | ✔️ Understand ESG commitments and targets driving various corporates, sectors and geographies ✔️ Advice clients on best in class ESG strategies and targets ✔️ Support companies with implementation of ESG targets |
