The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which runs the New York Stock Exchange, has expanded its environmental, social and governance (ESG) company data in the Asia-Pacific region.
The company now offers global coverage of 16,000 companies across 105 countries. With this expansion, ICE provides data mapped to approximately 1.4 million corporate equity and fixed income securities.
“By expanding our coverage of ESG Company Data in Asia-Pacific, we can better serve our clients with global portfolios and the regional asset managers who need high-quality data to support their ESG integration efforts,” Elizabeth King, president of sustainable finance and chief regulatory officer at ICE, said. “This expansion, combined with ICE’s unique security linkage capabilities, enables more ESG coverage of fixed income securities, which has historically been a challenge for investors. With the growing demand for more disclosure from regulators and other stakeholders, there’s an increasing need for access to raw data to improve ESG reporting.”
With the Asia-Pacific coverage expansion, ICE now provides data on all the constituents included in the most widely used benchmarks in the region, including the Nikkei 225, ASX300, Topix 1000, and Shenzhen 300. It also increased the number of constituents covered in its global fixed income benchmark, the ICE BofA Global Corporate and High Yield Index, to more than 19,000.