Company Profile
Inrate, a Sustainability Data and ESG Ratings company, helps financial institutions view sustainable finance from an “impact” lens.
The contemporary responsible investor needs data that supports a variety of use cases and stands up to scrutiny.
Inrate scales the highest quality and standards and deep granularity to a universe of 10,000 issuers, allowing portfolio/fund managers, research, and structured product teams to make confident decisions.
History
| 2017 | Inrate takes over the shareholder services of the Corporate Governance Agency Switzerland |
| 2015 | Successful aquisition and integration of zRating – an independent shareholder services provider – into Inrate AG |
| 2014 | Application of the Inrate methodology on real estate ratings |
| 2012 | Introduction of the new “ESG Impact Ratings” – a rating methodology measuring the true impact of products and services |
| 2011 | Inrate rates all countires world wide |
| 2010 | Mergering of Centre Info and INrate to Inrate AG |
| 2009 | Development of the first methodology to assess the sustainability of private equity investments |
| 2009 | Centre Info is the first provider of full research on EM companies |
| 2006 | INrate launches the first thematic research on fundamental sustainability trends – water, climate change, consumption, mobility, while the same year Centre Info was the first agency providing global coverage of emerging market companies |
| 2005 | Centre Info launches envIMPACT, the first methodology to assess the climate change impact of companies over the entire value chain of their activities |
| 1998 | INrate develops the Best in Service analysis approach that formally creates new incentives for the required structural change toward a sustainable way of doing business |
| 1995 | The Swiss pension fund NEST and the sustainability research institute INFRAS establish a foundation for sustainable investment research (subsequently named INrate) |
| 1994 | Centre Info pioneered the first methodology for corporate sustainability assessments based on the premises of the Brundtland Commission Report |
| 1990 | Centre Info start as think-tank of the Duchemin foundation whose aim is to foster sustainable development |