CLIMATE ANALYTICS
ISS ESG’s dedicated team of climate change experts provide financial market participants, governments and universities with market-leading carbon and climate data and state-of-the art portfolio analytics.
Manage your exposure to climate-related risks.
FULFILL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
The reports can assist investors in fulfilling requirements for internal and global external reporting initiatives, such as the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Article 173 of the French Energy Transition Law, and the PRI, and can be used to stress-test portfolios.
PORTFOLIO ANALYTICS
The Portfolio Analytics reporting tool on our proprietary DataDesk platform enables investors to assess their exposure to climate risks with the click of a button. For public equity and fixed income strategies, the Climate Impact Report provides detailed analyses of Scope 1&2 and Scope 3 emissions, transition and physical risks and climate scenario analysis based on the IEA’s Sustainable Development Scenario, which is in line with the Paris Agreement towards a below 2°C world.
CONTACT A SOLUTIONS EXPERT
KEY METRICS
TCFD METRICS
Includes the TCFD’s weighted average carbon intensity and additional metrics assessing climate-related risks and opportunities.
SCENARIO ANALYSIS
Assessment of a portfolio’s alignment with three climate scenarios provided by the International Energy Agency (IEA), including the Sustainable Development Scenario (SDS) that aligns with the Paris Agreement. The analysis also includes a qualitative climate target assessment and temperature scores.
STRESS TESTING
Analyse how different climate scenarios can impact the financial performance of your portfolio.
CARBON FOOTPRINT DATA
Scope 1&2 and Scope 3 emissions, including emission intensities.
TRANSITION RISKS
Detailed assessment of companies’ exposure to fossil fuel reserves, power generation, and controversial business practices related to climate change, as well as companies’ forward-looking carbon performance.
PHYSICAL RISKS
Provides estimates of financial impact due to increasing hazard intensity for the most likely and worst-case scenarios by 2050 across the five most costly weather hazards: floods, heat stress, wildfires, tropical cyclones, and drought.
AVAILABLE REPORTS: Climate Impact Report, Carbon Footprint Report
CLIMATE RISK & IMPACT DATA
Access the broadest and deepest carbon and climate data set in the market.
- Forward-looking assessment of the climate-related performance of companies, taking into account industry-specific challenges and risk profiles as well as companies’ positive impact.
- Assessment of companies’ involvement in the extraction of fossil fuels, and the generation of power from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewable sources.
- Proprietary analysis based on latest available peer-reviewed climate models (CMIP5)
- Includes Physical Risk Score allowing peer comparisons, Value at Risk and Phyiscal Risk Mananagement Score
- Detailed assessment based on latest climate scenarios from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and covering Scope 1&2 and Scope 3 emissions.
- Includes qualitative climate target assessment and temperature score on a portfolio & company level.
- Includes data on output and installed capacity derived from power generation from fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas), renewable energy (wind, solar, hydro, biomass, geothermal, and nuclear power), and other sources.
- Beyond Equity & Fixed Income: e.g. sovereign bonds, loans, private equity, real estate, and infrastructure
- Potential Avoided Emissions: e.g. companies, infrastructure, and green bonds
- Environmental Impact: e.g. deforestation and water
SUPERIOR COVERAGE
25,000+ listed companies and issuers of corporate debt
ROBUST METHODOLOGY
Established in 2010 and developed over three years with scientists from ETH Zurich with over 800 climate-relevant sector and subsector-specific models allowing you access to Scope 1&2, and upstream/downstream Scope 3 emissions based on sector estimates.
