ESG
Global financial institutions are rapidly looking to integrate ESG considerations as part of a holistic approach to accessing credit risk and portfolio management. Financial institutions have started to formalize their approach to ESG issues. However, only few firms have been able to demonstrate high quality ESG integration capabilities till now. CRISIL Global Research and Risk Solutions support banks and other financial institutions to effectively integrate ESG factors in their risk assessment and lending decisions, including
- Formulate and integrate consistent ESG processes within lending and risk teams
- Help financial institutions enhance quality of credit risk assessment by incorporating ESG factors
- Support on conceptualizing themes, collating relevant data and drafting ready-to-use reports
- Addressing gaps in reported data based on materiality and bridging them using secondary sources
- Leveraging proprietary technology platforms to enhance value of reported ESG data and active surveillance
CRISIL’s ESG assessment solutions are used by financial institutions to enhance and augment their ESG risk assessment capabilities for informed and sustainable lending. We have partnered with firms to enhance their ESG coverage, implant ESG factors in the credit assessment frameworks, and ensure standardisation, overcome data gaps and improve data accuracy by leveraging a blended mix of domain expertise and technological solutions.
Solution Components
- Automated Reported Data Extraction
- Plugging Missing ESG Data
- Customize credit assessment frameworks to include ESG risks
- Thematic research ESG Sentiment Analysis
- News Analytics for ESG
A large team of 50+ ESG analysts across multiple client groups and asset classes
Deep understanding of ESG materiality frameworks and guidelines
Strong sector domain overlay by collaborating with 200+ sector specialists
Automated monitoring of ESG-related news on existing and potential exposures
In-house Data Science capabilities are leveraged to scan ESG data and insights from disparate sources
Centres in India, China and Argentina enable local data and intelligence for resolving ESG issues for Emerging Market portfolio