ESG Data Management

The need for accurate, timely, consistent, transparent, accessible ESG data, and the supporting data management processes to ensure the aforementioned, is a significant challenge for all stakeholders in the ESG ecosystem. Whether you are a Corporate Reporting entity, Data Aggregator, Rating/Research firm, Investment Manager, or Asset Owner, there is a lot of confusion related to ESG data. This is due, in part, to evolving Regulation and Standards, voluntary reporting, lack of agreement on many standards, multiple parties and influences, and no clear understanding about what stakeholders really want.

The EDM Council is playing a key role in bringing together stakeholders from across multiple industries to collaborate on establishing ESG data management best practices, create awareness, educate industry participants, and assist Regulators and Standards Organizations when and where applicable.

The ESG Workgroup published this third report, available for free download. It includes recommendations on near-term actions asset owners can take to improve ESG data best practices as individual organizations and as a group.

The ESG Workgroup published its first deliverable in November 2021, available for download. This initial document is just one section of a forthcoming larger report by the ESG Workgroup, which will be the culmination of the group’s 9-month study to investigate, review and document ESG data management challenges and best practices.