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SIS 9 Zurich: Inrate on Private Market Data Challenges
On April 22, Inrate participated in the 9th Sustainable Investor Summit in Zurich, the DACH region's premier platform for transition finance with 230+ speakers and 120+ institutional investors. Aymen Jalled explored how data limitations in private assets from PE to sustainable lending create blind spots for investors, and how Inrate's activity based approach helps private market investors assess ESG impact even where disclosures are sparse, enabling comparable analysis across public and private holdings.Â
Sovereign ESG Ratings: Method Paper Released
This method paper outlines how Inrate's Sovereign ESG Ratings assess 200+ states using 60+ KPIs across themes including Biodiversity & Resources, Democracy, and International Cooperation, enabling investors to evaluate the sustainability impact of governmental bonds with the same A+ to D- rating scale used for corporate issuers, ensuring seamless portfolio‑wide comparability.
Strengthening Human Rights Due Diligence with UNGP Screening Â
Inrate has developed a UNGP screening solution to support investors in identifying corporate misconducts that conflict with the established values and principles of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The framework relies on various criteria to define the compliance status of each company, such as defense involvements, major controversies related to labor and human rights, and corporate disclosures on most relevant social topics. This comprehensive analysis gives confidence to institutional investors that the companies in their portfolio are correctly preventing, addressing, and remedying human rights risks and abuses in their business operations.
ESG Ratings Regulation 2026: Investor & Company Guide
This UKSIF article by Aymen Karoui examines the incoming ESG Ratings Regulation and its implications for providers, investors, and issuers from methodology transparency requirements to the need for robust, independent data that withstands regulatory scrutiny across jurisdictions. Â