Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Developed a methodology to assess ESG transparency in private markets, focusing on publicly disclosed data.

Social Achievements

• Partnered with over 50 clients to develop ESG data collection and analysis tools.

Governance Achievements

• Created a two-part product (Preqin ESG Transparency and Preqin ESG Risk Attribution) to address ESG data gaps in private markets.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Lack of consistent ESG data in private markets.
• Difficulty in validating ESG data at scale.
• Concerns about greenwashing.

Mitigation Strategies

• Developed a methodology based on existing frameworks (SASB, UNPRI, TCFD, ILPA) to identify core ESG indicators.
• Focused on publicly disclosed data to ensure data quality and transparency.
• Implemented a data validation process involving a 10% review by ESG Team Heads.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SASB, UNPRI, TCFD, ILPA

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Governance
• Social Impact
• Responsible Investment

Environmental Achievements

• Winner – Best ESG Risk Data Provider; Finalist – Best ESG Research Provider. Best Unstructured ESG Data Provider (ESG Insight Awards 2024)
• Winner – ESG Research of the Year (Europe) (Environmental Finance Sustainable Investment Awards 2023)

Social Achievements

• Finalist – Shifra Ansonoff is a finalist for Team Leader of the Year (Investment Week’s Women in Investment Awards)
• Winner – #1 for Benchmark Tools and Datasets (Probitas Partners 2023 Institutional Investors Private Equity Survey)

Governance Achievements

• Winner – Best ESG Data Provider, Best ESG Research: Vendor; Finalist – Best Specialist ESG Research, Best Specialist ESG Data Provider (ESG Investing Awards)

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Lack of standardization in ESG data for alternative investments.
• Inherent opacity and less regulation in alternative investment markets.
• ESG data incompleteness, disparity, and unavailability for some assets.
• Evolving ESG guidelines and interpretations.
• Greenwashing and green hushing.
• Difficulty in finding and accessing reported data.

Mitigation Strategies

• Leveraging relationships with private market participants to gather ESG data.
• Providing viable estimates based on auxiliary data sources and innovative models.
• Partnering with expert organizations.
• Merging informed proxies with financial data to deliver scalable solutions.
• Developing asset-level solutions to navigate data challenges.
• Utilizing SASB materiality map and Impact Institute's Global Impact Database (GID).

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Floods
• Extreme Weather

Transition Risks

• Regulatory changes
• Market shifts

Opportunities

• Development of energy-efficient products
• Renewable energy investments

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, SASB, TCFD, UN SDGs, SFDR, EU Taxonomy

Certifications: ISO 14064

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 1
• SDG 2
• SDG 3
• SDG 4
• SDG 5
• SDG 6
• SDG 7
• SDG 8
• SDG 9
• SDG 10
• SDG 11
• SDG 12
• SDG 13
• SDG 14
• SDG 15
• SDG 16

Preqin's models endeavor to help investors understand the potential alignments of a company’s business activities with the UN SDGs.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Preqin ESG Solutions

Awards & Recognition

• ESG Insight Awards 2024
• Alt Credit European Performance and Services
• ESG Investing Awards
• WealthBriefing European Awards
• Investment Week Sustainable Investment Awards
• Environmental Finance Sustainable Investment Awards 2023
• Probitas Partners 2023 Institutional Investors Private Equity Survey
• Wealth and Finance International Fund Awards
• Investment Week’s Women in Investment Awards
• A-Team Group ESG Insight Awards
• Traders Magazine Markets Choice Awards 2022
• Real Deals ESG Awards
• Megabuyte100 Awards