ESG scores similar to China's social credit system, designed to transform society, think tank director says ... (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020.

ESG scores can offer insight into whether a company values environmental, social and governance-related issues—but these scores aren't fool-proof. Key points Interest in environmental, ...

And perhaps most alarming, ESG is now being proposed as a tool to evaluate individual borrowers and investors. According to Diginex, an ESG advisory firm, a personal ESG score “works like a ...

As global elites descend on Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF), some critics are eager to stress how ESG—once the event’s buzziest of buzzwords—has become passé, or worse (“dead ...

The upcoming webinar, “Measuring Stakeholder Capitalism: ESG, Metrics and the Board’s Role” will address the question that is regularly asked by public and private company directors on what ...

While issued by the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) International Business Council — which is not usually popular among advocates of free-market economics — these guidelines are at least voluntary.

Despite the scores transition, the S&P 500 ESG Index has still been able to improve index-level ESG scores compared to the S&P 500 by incorporating ESG factors into its construction process.

Solely relying on ESG scores may not be sufficient for a comprehensive risk assessment when selecting investment targets or designing corporate strategies.