Northern Trust Investment Risk & Analytical Services: ESG Insights

Rhea-AI Summary

Northern Trust launches suite of post-trade analytics services providing insight into ESG and climate-risk exposure. The reporting service offers a quantitative method for measuring ESG factors, focusing on climate risk exposures aligned to the TCFD framework. Clients can evaluate the relative performance impact of ESG factors on their portfolios, programs, and policy statements. Multiple product initiatives are in progress to integrate additional ESG and climate data into the analytics and reporting platforms.

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / January 18, 2024 / Northern Trust

Originally published in Northern Trust's 2022 Sustainability Report

Northern Trust offers a suite of post-trade analytics services providing investors with insight and oversight of key ESG and climate-risk exposure detail.

ESG Ratings Summary:

This reporting service, which launched in 2020, offers a quantitative method for measuring ESG factors. Using a bottom-up, holdings-level approach, it provides clients with a top-down summary view of ESG risk exposures over time, with drill-down analytics available within each pillar.

Climate Focus:

We introduced a focused reporting option to help clients monitor and disclose climate risk exposures aligned to the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework. This service includes portfolio-level detail on a range of physical risk and transition risk indicators, such as carbon emissions data and scenario pathway analysis.

Performance Measurement:

Clients are able to evaluate the relative performance impact of ESG factors on their portfolios, programs and policy statements. We support a range of ESG-focused benchmarks that allow for relative comparisons of securities down to the most granular level. We have also integrated ESG scores into our reporting platforms to help clients gauge the impact of ESG performance versus financial performance.

Multiple product initiatives are inflight to integrate additional ESG and climate data into our analytics and reporting platforms, and to expand data coverage for a multi-asset class investor beyond public assets.

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Contact Info:

Spokesperson: Northern Trust
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SOURCE: Northern Trust

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FAQ

What post-trade analytics services does Northern Trust offer?

Northern Trust offers a suite of post-trade analytics services providing investors with insight and oversight of key ESG and climate-risk exposure detail.

When did the reporting service for measuring ESG factors launch?

The reporting service for measuring ESG factors launched in 2020.

What is the focus of the climate reporting option introduced by Northern Trust?

The climate reporting option helps clients monitor and disclose climate risk exposures aligned to the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework.

How does Northern Trust support evaluating the performance impact of ESG factors?

Northern Trust supports evaluating the relative performance impact of ESG factors on portfolios, programs, and policy statements.

What initiatives are Northern Trust undertaking to expand data coverage for multi-asset class investors?

Multiple product initiatives are inflight to integrate additional ESG and climate data into the analytics and reporting platforms, and to expand data coverage for a multi-asset class investor beyond public assets.