April 18, 2023
In May, the second edition of ESG.IAMA (ESG Identity Asset Manager Assessment), a scientific project developed by ET.Group and sponsored this year by Georgeson, will start.
This is the first quantitative index that set out to measure ESG Identity of Asset Managers, which includes the set of distinctive elements of an entity, starting from its organizational structure (governance) to the ESG consistency and coherence of its offering to the market, passing through the ways in which the entity thinks (its ESG corporate culture) and engages on the sustainable front (its ESG purpose).
The goal is to identify Asset Managers that make sustainability an integral and determining part of their business and governance. That translates to “being sustainable” before even “selling sustainable products.”
The methodology is based on a proprietary questionnaire of more than 100 questions, built on standards, regulations, and desk analysis of global best cases, as well as the Integrated Governance Index and SRI Award experience. The survey examines five recurring survey areas (Corporate ESG Identity, ESG Investment Process, ESG Asset Management, ESG and SRI product offering, and Compliance) plus an extraordinary survey area that focuses on topical issues each year.