Our ESG approach

Sustainable creation of financial value and risk-prevention are not possible by a mere positive selection of the best issuers. They also require the exclusion of issuers having the worst practices. An issuer is rated on a set of generic Environmental, Social and Governance criteria, as well as on criteria that are specific to its sector of activity. To obtain an issuer's final score, the extra-financial team weighs criteria based on their knowledge of the issues connected to each sector. Companies' exposure to risks and opportunities in each of the three dimensions (E, S and G) are assessed, along with how they manage the challenges they face.

In addition to the overall extra-financial research of issuers through a final score, we believe it is essential to also evaluate practices based on a selection of the most material ESG criteria. In doing so, we look at the five critera deemed key within each sector, backed by a skilled research team. The more a company is exposed to a material risk on a given criterion because of its sector of activity, the higher the standard the analysts will hold it to regarding the quality of its practices. The very high degree of granularity of our proprietary methodology, with about 20 specific criteria and almost 70 sectors of activity identified makes a robust analysis possible of each issuer's risks and opportunities.