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Why can't all ESG/SRI research and data providers use the same data?

The ESG/SRI research industry is relatively young (compared to investment research) and the inputs, techniques and outputs that it uses, deploys and produces are still evolving and there is still competition between different providers on all three points. More significantly, companies have not yet imposed their own disciplines on the process.

 

Companies could support a transition towards consistency by:
* Publishing any information that they give to one provider to the market as a whole (… and arguably they should do this any way)
* Selecting and reporting data based on the quality of match with their business activities - rather than based on what the analyst asks for (… and refusing to respond in other formats)
* Challenging the false assumption that data comparability between companies is either possible or desirable (see Nothing compares to you )