Global financial markets infrastructure and data provider LSEG has introduced a suite of ESG scores and sustainability analytics designed to provide actionable insights for global financial markets participants through “enhanced transparency, comparability and analytical value”.
LSEG said its Sustainability Ratings and Data offering uses a “simple and transparent framework” based on a curated set of standardised indicators, a redesigned materiality matrix and advanced ESG scores with modular risk and impact overlays.
Its ESG scores are built on a research-driven methodology aligned with leading global sustainability frameworks and regulations, relying on “transparent, rules‑based methodology and inputs”, rather than analyst judgement.
The enhanced model incorporates a curated set of 220 standardised indicators, and a sustainability-first materiality matrix combining a redesigned industry classification with a double materiality approach at a business segment level. The scores – from a scale of 0 (not aware) to 5 (leading) – are designed to provide clarity and consistency for a wide range of financial workflows.
LSEG’s ESG scores measure how effectively companies manage material ESG risks and opportunities across 12 themes, aggregated into three pillars and an overall ESG score. The new scoring framework introduces threshold-based scoring levels, capping metrics and performance analytics, ensuring companies are rewarded for implementing strategic ESG initiatives and demonstrating verifiable sustainability progress.
The Sustainability Ratings and Data suite also includes a ‘Plus’1 layer that incorporates controversies, sovereign ESG risk and positive environmental impact signals such as green revenues and sustainable financing. These overlays allow users to extend their analysis without changing their core ESG framework.
“Our customers are consistently looking for sustainability insights they can explain, justify and integrate across the investment, lending and advisory lifecycle. By uniting 25 years of sustainable finance expertise, with datasets trusted by the global financial industry, we’re giving financial institutions the clarity and confidence to meet regulatory expectations, support transition-aligned capital allocations and build AI-ready ESG workflows,” said Elena Philipova, Director, Sustainability Solutions at LSEG.
The new ESG scores and sustainability analytics are available across multiple LSEG platforms, including its flagship LSEG Workspace. LSEG maintains more than 2,000 ESG data points in line with corporate reporting cycles across 16,000 companies which issue over one million fixed income instruments, representing more than 90% of global market capitalisation.
