ISS ESG | REGULATORY SOLUTIONS
SFDR PRINCIPAL ADVERSE IMPACT SOLUTION
Measure your investments against regulatory defined Principal Adverse Impact indicators and metrics & report the results.
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The European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) introduces mandatory and additional reporting requirements regarding Principal Adverse Impact indicators on an entity and product level. The regulation aims to improve the level of disclosure regarding responsible investing in the EU, redirecting flows of capital to a more sustainable economy.
Learn how ISS ESG can help you to comply with the new EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.
Assess and report on the Principal Adverse Impacts of your products and portfolios
ISS ESG’s SFDR Principal Adverse Impact Solution enables Financial Market Participants to measure the performance of their investments against the regulatory defined Principal Adverse Impact indicators and metrics in order to comply with the new disclosure obligations.
- SFDR Level 2 compliance and Principal Adverse Impact reporting obligations
- Security selection for product development and portfolio construction
- Insight into vital ESG metrics which support informed voting practices and engagement activities
PORTFOLIO REPORTING – KEY FEATURES
Two reports available at the click of a button, designed to support Level 1 and Level 2 SFDR compliance obligations as well as reporting against the specific Principal Adverse Impact indicators and metrics at both an entity and product level.
Report at Both an Entity and Portfolio Level and Provide an Overview of Individual Metrics and Indicators
The SFDR Annual Average report enables Financial Market Participants to address the SFDR entity level reporting requirement that comes into effect from January 2023 by performing the average of the reference year’s four quarters. The SFDR report enables to report against the Principle Adverse Impact indicators at a specific point in time, especially in the context of SFDR product level reporting requirement applicable as of January 2023.
Intuitive Data Visualisation
Easily interpretable charts that can be used for website, pre-contractual and periodic disclosures such as key investor information documents and prospectuses (KIID). ISS ESG also includes coverage per specific Principle Adverse Impact (PAI) metric.
Transparency on Sustainability Risks and Consideration of Principal Adverse Impacts
The ESG Rating and Carbon Risk Rating Portfolio-Benchmark comparison charts can be used to measure and report on sustainability risks. The Portfolio-Benchmark comparison of the overall scores from our Norm-Based Research and Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) Solution can be used to support the construction of Principal Adverse Impacts policies and statements, beyond the specific indicators and metrics specified within the Level 2 Regulatory Technical Standards.
Raw Values for Regulatory Compliance
Data has also been included in tabular format to allow the relevant numbers to be easily visible. This is particularly important when aggregating data and the subsequent reporting to meet the regulatory obligations.

Coverage of all mandatory PAI indicators* for corporate and sovereign / supranational assets, including:
- GHG emissions
- Carbon footprint
- Biodiversity
- Emissions to water
- Hazardous waste ratio
- Violations of UN Global Compact principles
- Board gender diversity
- Exposure to controversial weapons