ESGenius! Ratings are designed to assess an entity’s resilience to long-term industry material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks. ESGenius! uses a robust, scientific methodology developed in cooperation with major educational institutions.
ESGenius! development is monitored by a cross-country scientific steering committee.
ESGenius! classification is based on NACE due to its direct link with Greek Business Activities Codes (ΚΑΔ). ESGenius! classifies all economic activities in 14 industries and 47 sub-industries.
ESGenius! indexes global acceptable ESG standards, guidelines & frameworks, including GRI, IIRC, TCFD, CDSB, PRI, Boardclic’s ESG Index, Sustainalytics, MSCI, S&P Global Ratings ESG Evaluation, WEF Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics, GRESB, Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).
Screening out investments that do not meet environmental, social or governance (ESG) criteria requires a multi-level approach that considers products, activities as well as alignment with international standards, laws and treaties and behaviors that do not align to ESG criteria. ESGenius! incorporates a 4-tier Exclusion funnel that includes exclusion flags that cover products, activities, standards, and behavior. The first two tiers (Product, Activity) are covered through the exclusion list, while the rest (Standards, Behavior) are incorporated in the questionnaire in the form
ESGenius! calculates ESG Ratings by combining over 400 quantitative and qualitative indicators and 150 criteria, customized per sub-industry, across 14 industries and 47 sub-industries.
