
“The new service will enable international investors to better evaluate the ESG activities of Chinese companies and make more informed investment decisions. At the same time, it strengthens the position Deutsche Börse as a key player in ESG reporting.
Deutsche Börse has expanded its data offering with ESG data from the Chinese market collected by the International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF), an independent and non-profit research institute based in Beijing that supports development of green finance in the country.
As foreign investors are increasingly concerned about ESG investments in Chinese companies, the IIGF data package comes as a godsend accessible through the Deutsche Börse Data Shop.
The IIGF package covers listed companies, bond issuers and mutual funds in the Chinese market, with data including ESG scores, ratings, and reviews of companies in the largest index of China’s benchmark, the CSI 300 and CSI 800, as well as all listed companies.
The International Institute of Green Finance collects data through an ESG evaluation method specifically developed for this emerging market and provides a variety of reports and newsletters around the Chinese market.
ESG data, rating report and bi-weekly report from IIGF at Deutsche Börse
Alireza Dorfard, Head of Market Data + Services at Deutsche Börse, said: “Especially in emerging markets like China, ESG data is often fragmented and of insufficient quality. There are also language barriers, because many local listed companies usually only report in Chinese. The new service enables international investors to better evaluate the ESG activities of Chinese companies and to make more informed -an investment decisions.At the same time, it strengthens Deutsche Börse’s position as a key player in ESG reporting.
Professor Wang Yao, Director General of the IIGF, commented: “China is a new market that is attracting the world’s attention. As the leading think tank in green finance, the IIGF has achieved remarkable results in development research ESG database and information services. By offering ESG data, rating reports and bi-weekly reports from IIGF on Deutsche Börse’s data platform, we are helping to build a bridge for global investors to understand the Chinese market and the opening of China’s capital market, which offers unique investment opportunities for global investors.”
The Deutsche Börse Data Shop boasts more than 100 terabytes of historical data on trading venues Eurex, Xetra and 360T, index data from STOXX and ESG data from IIGF.
The data universe includes highly accurate timestamps, a variety of score and index data, a complete history order book and trade data for Eurex and Xetra as well as reference and turnover data.
The analytics portfolio rounds out the offering and allows clients to gain deep insight into liquidity, market concentration and market trends.