“Integrating ESG factors into sovereign risk assessment: why does it matter” – Beyond Ratings – July 13, 2017

On July 13, 2017 Beyond Ratings published a short article in which it analyzes recent research published by UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) about integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) into credit risk ratings.  The PRI report highlight that the challenge is the most complicated in terms of environmental risks and the impact on ratings.”

“Beyond Ratings has done extensive research to address these challenges and developed a proprietary scoring (“Sovereign Risk Monitor”) to assess sovereign creditworthiness while integrating Energy, Climate, and Natural Resource factors (ECR).”

You may read the article on the Beyond Ratings internet site.