Robeco opens proprietary sustainable investment data to public
Carola van Lamoen (pictured), is Robeco's head of sustainable investment.
Access to the Dutch asset manager's SI Open Access initiative, which launched in August 2022 for clients and academics, will be broadened to the public, including companies and NGOs.
The firm said the aim of the initiative was to contribute to new standards in sustainable investing and improve the quality of sustainable investing data, following the principle of the «wisdom of the crowd».
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Carola van Lamoen, head of sustainable investing at Robeco, said: «With our SI Open Access Initiative, we collect feedback to improve the quality of sustainable investing data, and by doing so, we can help investors to integrate SI in their approaches.»
«Expanding the accessibility of our SI Open Access Initiative, means that we are inviting more external perspectives and feedback, reaffirming our commitment to data transparency and innovation in the field of sustainable investing.»
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Robeco's SDG scores, which the firm has been developing since 2017, focus on impact materiality, assessing the extent to which companies make positive or negative contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals.
According to the firm, these scores are complementary to ESG ratings, which often measure financial materiality. A combination of the two offer a «more holistic» perspective on a company's sustainability efforts, it added.
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