ESG rating definition

ESG rating means an opinion, a score or a combination of both, regarding an entity, a financial instrument, a financial product, or an undertaking’s ESG profile or characteristics or exposure to ESG risks or the impact on people, society and the environment, that are based on an established methodology and defined ranking system of rating categories and that are provided to third parties, irrespective of whether such ESG rating is explicitly labelled as ‘rating’ or ‘ESG score’;
ESG rating means a rating that assesses the Environmental, Social and/or Governance (“E”, “S” and/or “G”) qualities of an issuer or its Securities.
ESG rating means an opinion, a score or a combination of both, regarding a rated item’s profile or characteristics with regard to environmental, social and human rights, or governance factors or exposure to▌ risks or the impact on environmental, social and human rights, or governance factors, that are based on both an established methodology and a defined ranking system of rating categories▌ , irrespective of whether such ESG rating is explicitly labelled as ‘ESG rating’, ‘ESG opinion’ or ‘ESG score’;

Examples of ESG rating in a sentence

  • Supplier shall, at the request of Purchaser, share Supplier’s ESG rating received by Supplier within the last three (3) years (“Scorecard”) as issued by an internationally recognized ESG assessor (i.e. Ecovadis, or other equivalent ESG assessor acceptable to Purchaser).

  • Yes Yes, principle adverse impacts on sustainability factors are assessed as part of the ESG rating system in determining the ESG rating of companies for the purpose of identifying a universe of investable companies and may lead to exclusions as part of the screening process.

  • Another factor contributing to whether the Master Fund will be considered to be attaining the environmental and/or social characteristics it promotes will be an assessment of whether the Investment Manager in respect of the Master Fund has successfully and consistently applied its ESG rating system in the process to identify a universe of investable companies and in the investment monitoring process.

  • Principal adverse impacts on sustainability factors are considered in the following manner: • Principal adverse impact indicators are captured under the “do no significant harm” principle for sustainable investments outlined in the section entitled “How do the sustainable investments that the financial product partially intends to make, not cause significant harm to any environmental or social sustainable investment objective?” • Principal adverse impacts are assessed as part of the ESG rating system.

  • A sudden drop in the ESG rating of a particular company due to an ESG controversy will generally lead to an alert to be triggered so further assessment and action can be taken.


More Definitions of ESG rating

ESG rating means the ESG rating assigned to WPM from time to time by the ESG Agency.
ESG rating means an assessment regarding one or more ESG factors, produced in the form of an ESG opinion, an ESG score or a combination of both, whether or not it is characterised as an ESG rating.
ESG rating means any rating or assessment in relation to the Group assigned from time to time to the Group by the ESG Rating Agency as set out in an ESG Report.
ESG rating means a rating that assesses the Environmental, Social and/or Governance (“E”, “S” and/or “G”)
ESG rating means a summary judgment, complementary to the traditional rating, that assesses the long- term sustainability and the future social and environmental impact of an asset. The ESG Rating will be assigned with reference to an Underlying or to the issuer of an Underlying by a leading rating agency operating in the sustainability field.
ESG rating has the meaning specified in Section 2.19.
ESG rating means the rating system published by Sustainanlaytics, and which is designed to measure a company's resilience to long-term, industry material environmental, social and governance risks.