How Inrate Calculates ESG Ratings
Inrate’s ratings focus on impact – the ESG perspective that has proliferated in the market due to leading regulatory frameworks such as the CSRD, SFDR, and the EU Taxonomy. We assess impact using 300+ indicators across three modules:
1) Products & Services (P&S) Assessment
Inrate assesses a company's products and services based on their sustainability throughout their entire life cycle. The assessment is performed using a proprietary Impact Matrix to uncover the environmental and social risks embedded within a company’s business model.
2) CSR Assessment
The CSR assessment analyzes the measures issuers take to manage their ESG risks. This includes setting targets, policies, strategies, action plans, management systems, and governance structures and responsibilities. It focuses on material ESG indicators aligned with various leading frameworks.
3) Adverse Business Practices Assessment
The final part of the rating evaluates an issuer’s involvement in controversies as a measure of the effectiveness of their sustainability action plans, policies, and real-life sustainability impact. This analysis draws on over 200,00. the analysis draws on over 4 million daily sources across 100+ languages to identify the most material controversies that companies are involved in and quantify their risk and impact through expert-led, objective analysis.