Move beyond biased reports. Leverage Inrate’s BAI to objectively assess a company’s environmental & social impact for informed ESG investing. Discover sustainability champions and laggards based on real over reported impact.
Beyond Disclosure: Inrate's Business Activity Impact (BAI) Ratings
Inrate’s BAI assesses the environmental and social impact of companies by analyzing the impact of their business activities, rather than taking companies’ disclosures at face value. Through a proprietary framework, meticulous research, and subject matter expertise, BAI generates objective scores that help investors differentiate between the impact of a company selling healthy food and a fast-food conglomerate.
Features of Inrate’s Business Activity Impact (BAI)
Align with Leading Sustainability Regulations
Mitigate Bias
Reduce Susceptibility to Greenwashing
Discover Sustainability Leaders and Laggards
Our easy-to-use scores integrate with double materiality matrices, empowering you to assess investments through the lens of sustainability impact as championed by the EU Taxonomy, CSRD, and SFDR.
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A
A+
- + Contribution to the reduction of social or environmental externalities
- + Positive contribution to sustainability due to substitution of unsustainable activities, e.g. solar energy that is a substitute for fossil energies
B-
B
B+
- + Neutral or low environmental impact; does not hinder sustainable development
- + Products that are basic needs e.g. food products, water, bread etc.
C-
C
C+
- + Medium to high environmental impact and/or social impact, but potential for improvement, e.g. reduction of pollution due to technological progress
D-
D
D+
- + High impact on the environment and the society, no potential for improvement
Evaluate impact with granularity through access to individual Impact Scores for each corporate business activity.
Inrate Business Activity
GHG Impact
Other Environment Impact
Environmental Impact
Direct Social Impact
Indirect Social Impact
Social Impact
GHG Impact: GHG emissions, energy efficiency
Other Environmental Impact: Water & land use, pollution, resource exploitation, invasive species
Social Direct Impact: Positive and negative effects on consumers (physical and mental, human rights, social equity and inclusion, access to water, and more)
Indirect Social Impact: Positive and negative effects on other stakeholders and broader society
Why Inrate
Impact Lens
Inrate has balanced financial materiality with impact well before 'double materiality' gained prominance in European Capital Markets. The impact of a company's business activities has stood at the core of Inrate's assessments, overcoming the biases created by disclosures.
Flexible Data Models
Inrate’s research can be customized to develop comprehensive datasets based on the client’s investment objectives and evolving regulatory requirements. This unmatched customization utilizes meticulous research on the impact of business activities, corporate sustainability disclosures, and ESG controversies.
Dedicated Client Support
Inrate operates as a ‘glass box’ with an unparalleled commitment to transparency and communication. We deliver unequivocal support from our long-standing team of research analysts, providing insights from our extensive research and subject matter expertise.
Regulatory Alignments
Inrate’s datalake evolves in tandem with new regulatory frameworks, consistently empowering clients to uncover their portfolio’s regulatory conformity. Our datasets promise relevance and materiality with the evolving sustainability market.