Sustainalytics Launches New Corporate Governance Research & Ratings Products
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Firm Provides Institutional Investors With Unique, Differentiated Assessment of
Corporate Governance-Related Investment Risk
TORONTO, March 31, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sustainalytics, a leading provider
of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and analysis, today
launched the first products within its new corporate governance research and
ratings product suite. By tying companies' corporate governance practices and
boardroom decisions to its ability to execute on its business strategy,
Sustainalytics' new corporate governance research suite is intended to support
global asset owners and asset managers with investment decision-making,
portfolio analytics, policy formulation, engagement activities, proxy voting and
other investment processes.
"Corporate governance as a material investment risk factor is widely embraced by
mainstream investors, yet most corporate governance research today is either
data-centric with little contextual insight or is produced for the purpose of a
single point in time annual proxy vote," said Sustainalytics' Chief Executive
Officer Michael Jantzi. "Our focus, similar to the way in which we analyze ESG-
related investment risk, is on corporate governance as an integral part of the
entire investment process. We look through an investor lens to assess whether a
company's corporate governance practices are adding to or detracting from its
ability to execute on its business strategy. We offer an opinion about whether
or not the company is a good long-term steward of investors' capital."
By monitoring companies year-round and assessing governance investment risks and
opportunities, Sustainalytics enables investors to determine how companies'
corporate governance practices may impact shareholders. The first two research
products launched today are based on six governance key issue areas, including
board integrity and performance, board structure, shareholder rights,
remuneration, financial reporting and stakeholder governance, and are
underpinned by approximately 50 material corporate governance indicators.
* Corporate Governance Insights are timely, brief reports that capture real-
time corporate governance-related events or incidents that may have an
investor impact. The Insights are generated based on triggering events, such
as key changes to executive personnel, material M&A transactions, changes to
compensation programs, financial reporting irregularities, or changes to
shareholder rights. The Insights are accompanied by a comprehensive
Corporate Governance Company Report.
* Corporate Governance Company Reports provide comprehensive corporate
governance information and analysis on a global universe of over 4000
companies, together with ongoing monitoring of this universe for key
governance events. The Reports are intended to help investors understand a
company's governance practices and decision-making across a full-range of
corporate governance issues, and are updated annually and anytime a material
incident occurs.
"Our goal is to help institutional investors connect a company's actual
corporate governance structures and behaviours with its underlying business
drivers," said Sustainalytics' Director of Corporate Governance Research Gary
Hewitt. "We are going beyond simply providing standard positive and negative
indicators and ratings, and instead sharing meaningful analyst insights that
assess the effects a company's corporate governance practices have on
investors."
In late 2015, Sustainalytics will introduce its Corporate Governance Risk Radar,
which is a heat map-based signaling product intended for front-end screening,
portfolio monitoring, and benchmarking.
While Sustainalytics' Corporate Governance research and ratings are produced
separately from the Firm's traditional ESG research, the two product sets are
designed to consider some appropriate overlapping key issue areas, while
providing independent perspectives.
To learn more about Sustainalytics' Corporate Governance products, please click
here.
About Sustainalytics
Headquartered in Amsterdam, Sustainalytics is an independent ESG research and
analysis firm supporting investors around the world with the development and
implementation of responsible investment strategies. With 13 offices globally,
Sustainalytics partners with institutional investors who integrate
environmental, social and governance information and assessments into their
investment decisions. Today, the firm has over 200 staff members, including more
than 100 analysts with varied multidisciplinary expertise of more than 40
industries. For the past three years, Sustainalytics was voted best independent
responsible investment research firm in Extel's IRRI survey. For more
information, visit www.sustainalytics.com.
CONTACT: Media Contacts:
Sarah Cohn, Director of Marketing
sarah.cohn(at)sustainalytics.com
P) +1 646.963.6944
Melissa Chase, Marketing Specialist
melissa.chase(at)sustainalytics.com
P) +1 647.317.3646
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