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XigniteGlobalESG ProductOverview

Global ESG API

This API offers access to an extensive set of sustainability data for a comprehensive universe of public companies domiciled in North America, EMEA, APAC, and Latin America. This high quality dataset is curated by Arabesque and designed to power the most demanding trading, wealth management and investment analytics applications. In addition to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores, this API provides Global Compact scores, involvements data, temperature scores, and raw emissions data.

Key Features

  • 8,000+ global companies covered.
  • ESG scores updated daily.
  • Transparent scoring methodology.
  • ESG materiality across 22 sustainability categories.
  • Algorithmic approach - no human analysts to avoid behavioral biases.
  • Easy to use multi-security, multi-data points APIs.
  • Request one or many data points and companies with a single API call.
  • Convenient category-based screeners.

Key Benefits

  • Grow investor engagement around sustainability data on your trading or wealth management platform.
  • Help your clients align their investment decisions with their values.
  • Let investors easily evaluate their portfolio exposure to ESG risks.
  • Drive investor participation by letting them actively screen for companies by involvement.
  • Eliminate the need for in-house ESG expertise with transparent, well structured and easy to understand ESG data set.
  • Eliminate the need to build your own database with advanced screener endpoints.
  • Dramatically reduce time to market using an easy-to-use, cloud-based API.
  • Eliminate the operations issues and support costs associated with low-cost, poorly curated data.

Data Coverage At-a-Glance:

  • Asset Class: Equities. For around 8,000 global companies.
  • Regions Covered: North America, EMEA, APAC, and Latin America.

Key Data Points:

  • ESG Scores Data Package: assesses companies on Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria. The score is a sector specific analysis of each company’s performance on financially material ESG issues. This can be used to identify companies that are more likely to outperform over the long run.

  • Global Compact Scores Data Package: assesses companies based on the core principles of the United Nations Global Compact: Human Rights, LabourLabor Rights, the Environment and Anti-corruption. This provides a deeper understanding of reputational risk facing a company.

  • Involvement Data Package: allows users to check company activities against their personal values. 

  • Temperature Scores Data Package: quantifies the extent to which corporations are contributing to the rise in global temperature through their greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Temperature Scores and Emissions Data Package: offers raw emissions data in tCO2 equivalents. Emissions are separated into three scopes to differentiate between direct and indirect sources. Scope 1: Direct emissions from sources owned or controlled by the company. Scope 2: Indirect emissions from purchased electricity, heat or steam. Scope 3: All other indirect emissions.