Megatrends: How fewer data providers would help ESG spread
Consolidation among ESG data providers is set to offer more rounded and uniform data in the coming few years, helping to create universal standards that spread the ideas even further.
The rise of sustainability as a concept in investing may be facing some teething issues - namely a surfeit of data sources and lack of standardisation - but change is on the way.
Consolidation is taking place among the data providers supplying ESG data to fund houses and institutional investors alike. In April Morningstar announced it would acquire the 60% in Sustainalytics it didn’t own, while S&P Global bought the ESG rating business of RobecoSAM in January. The number o…
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