Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) personnel said data, technology, and market infrastructure provider has expanded its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Reference Data coverage.
The expansion has resulted in two million fixed-income instruments. ICE’s ESG Reference data addresses equity and fixed income securities across North America, Europe, and Asia while adding transparency, enabling users to gain greater insight regarding ESG risks and opportunities.
“ICE’s ESG reference data leverages the deep experience we have with fixed income instrument data and analytics and offers market participants a more complete view of ESG metrics,” Anthony Belcher, head of Sustainable Finance at ICE, said. “While much of ESG investing to date has been focused on equities, our offering allows users to assess risks and opportunities across multiple asset classes, all at the instrument level.”
The expansion reflects coverage that includes corporate bonds, municipals, sovereigns, and money markets across North America, Europe, and Asia, while providing detailed ESG attributes and indicators that may be financially material.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reported, board diversity, benefits are included in that category, per ICE.
ESG Reference Data is available via a customizable dashboard, in addition to market standard feeds, per authorities, establishing detailed access into controversy metrics and ESG attributes about companies, securities, and issuers.