Barclays Adds ESG Assessment and Indicators to Fundamental Research
March 24 2020 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Fundamental Environmental, Social, Governance (“ESG”) Research
will offer clients multi-dimensional analysis of ESG performance
for companies under coverage, and assess how ESG attributes impact
security pricing.
Barclays Research is enhancing its franchise with the launch of
ESG Fundamental Research, leveraging the existing fundamental
expertise of our analysts as well as external data sources to
highlight the environmental, social and governance impact of
companies under coverage by Barclays’ analysts.
“Prior to the outbreak of Covid-19, finance was already at a
tipping point, where the integration of sustainability concerns was
becoming the norm,” explains Jeff Meli, Global Head of Research.
“Today’s launch of Barclays’ Fundamental ESG Research is an
opportunity to reflect on whether Covid-19 will accelerate this
trend even further – creating a greater sense of urgency and
responsibility toward everything from consumer behavior to climate
change, supply-chain practices and the future of work and mobility
– and potentially alter the nature of the investment process as a
result.”
Barclays’ new Fundamental ESG Research will offer clients a
multi-dimensional analysis of where the companies Barclays covers
sit on the spectrum of ESG performance, leveraging the existing
research expertise of fundamental analysts to assess how ESG
attributes affect financial risks and valuations. On a sector by
sector basis, starting this month, Barclays Fundamental ESG
Research will launch fundamental research reports that incorporate
the new ESG assessment and indicators for each company under
coverage.
Barclays Research will:
- generate a set of indicators (a five-point scale for
environmental, social and governance) derived from aggregated
indicators of leading ESG providers
- seek to deepen understanding of a company’s ESG credentials by
identifying divergence in views between Barclays analysts and that
of leading ESG indicator providers
- evaluate perceived ESG risk, and assess the impact of ESG
considerations on security pricing
- produce stand-alone reports on key topics and themes that apply
this new ESG framework to industries as diverse as Oil & Gas,
Pharmaceuticals, Airlines and Autos, all of which are likely to
experience fundamental shifts as Covid-19 unfolds
The new offering will complement the two existing pillars of
Barclays ESG Research: our Sustainable & Thematic team whose
reports track how consumer and regulatory attitudes to ESG are
changing operating environments, and our Quantitative Portfolio
Strategy team who have produced groundbreaking reports on how ESG
factors impact asset performance.
Notes to Editors
Barclays has long been a pioneer in sustainable banking. In
2012, Barclays Research launched the Impact Series which explores
the social impact of economic, demographic and disruptive changes
affecting markets, sectors and society at large. In 2016, Barclays
and Unreasonable Group co-founded Unreasonable Impact, an
accelerator program aimed at supporting growth-stage entrepreneurs
whose ventures have the potential to employ thousands of people
worldwide while solving some of the world’s most pressing social
and environmental challenges. And, in 2019, Barclays announced a
new Sustainable and Impact Banking team; and hosted its second
annual Green Frontiers event, bringing together investors and
financiers to discuss the growing challenge of climate change.
Barclays also launched the Social Innovation Facility that
incubates financial products and services that will have a
sustained social or environmental impact.
About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by
business, by different types of customer and client, and geography.
Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations
around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global
corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our
service company which provides technology, operations and
functional services across the Group. Barclays offers investment
banking products and services in the US through Barclays Capital
Inc. For further information about Barclays, please visit our
website home.barclays.
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