Subject Guides: ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance): Home

Suggested Databases

MSCI ESG Direct This link opens in a new window
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Ratings and analysis of ESG (environmental, social and governance) factors for 5000+ global companies. Enables comparison of companies within their industry sectors.
Sustainalytics: Historical Datasets This link opens in a new window
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Social & environmental profiles of TSX Composite Index companies.
Available datasets:
• 2004-2008 (Canadian Social Investment Database)
• 2009-2011
• 2012-2015

PLEASE NOTE: UofA access to the complete, online Sustainalytics database has unfortunately been cancelled, due to an ongoing access issue with the publisher.
Conference Board of Canada: Reports This link opens in a new window
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ISS Governance (WRDS) This link opens in a new window
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ISS Directors (WRDS) This link opens in a new window
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Also known as: |RiskMetrics: Directors Data|
Institutional Shareholder Services. Data on corporate directors of the S&P 1500 companies back to 1996. Data variables include: director independence, stock ownership, attendance, board committee service, primary employment category and company, and interlocking directorships.
MSCI ESG Governance Metrics - Time Series (WRDS) This link opens in a new window
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Boardex This link opens in a new window
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Available Boardex datasets:

Board summary reports - board composition, committees.
Director and SMDE (senior management, disclosed earners) profiles
Company and SMDEs company announcements
Company details - capitalization, revenue, auditors
Compustat Execucomp (WRDS) This link opens in a new window
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"The universe of firms cover the S&P 1500 plus companies that were once part of the 1500 plus companies removed from the index that are still trading."

Violation Tracker
Violation Tracker is the first national search engine on corporate misconduct.

Datastream This link opens in a new window
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Datastream includes ESG (Asset4) data. Search for individual datatypes (time series request - Dataypes: ESG - ASSET4) or use a ASSET4 template (select Sample sheets from the toolbar).
Access restricted to current UA faculty, staff and students.

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