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As more investments are channeled into the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a Qontigo whitepaper examines what the strategies may mean in terms of returns. The study uses a new, forward-looking analysis from the Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) on companies’ patents aligned with the SDGs, and finds that a high patent/SDG score can be an alpha-generating signal.

Analytics | Index | ESG & Sustainability
Mapping companies’ contributions to sustainability goals: Quantifying alignment with investment themes
The Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) helps investors assess companies’ contributions to sustainability themes using the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The asset owner-led effort provides a robust SDG-alignment framework and data, and is already used worldwide by investors for implementation and tracking of sustainability strategies, and engagement with multiple stakeholders.

Analytics | Index | ESG & Sustainability
Video: Saumya Mehrotra speaks about Qontigo’s role in our clients’ journey to sustainable integration
At the Sustainable Investment Forum North America 2022, Saumya Mehrotra, Associate Principal, Sustainable Investment shares how the combination of our open ESG data and architecture, index platform and analytic capabilities enable our clients on their journey to full sustainability integration.

Analytics | Index | ESG & Sustainability
Turning negative into a positive: SDI AOP platform expands dataset to include information on companies’ products and services that are inconsistent with achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) helps investors assess companies’ contributions to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. With the latest enhancement to its dataset, investors can also imbed information around products and services that have a negative impact.

Analytics | Index | ESG & Sustainability
Measuring the implied risk tolerance of SDG-optimized portfolios
The ROOF methodology can capture the ‘sentiment’ of a portfolio relative to its benchmark. We run ROOF scores to determine the risk appetite of investors holding four portfolios aligned with respective Sustainable Development Goals.

Courtney Scharff, Qontigo’s Global Head of Strategic Partnerships recently spoke with RepRisk’s CEO, Dr. Philipp Aeby to discuss the partnership. The conversation touched on how RepRisk differentiates its ESG data offerings through full transparency, the challenges of creating ESG data and how asset managers should think about ESG.

Analytics | ESG & Sustainability
Video: Kaylash Patel speaks about Qontigo’s sustainability offering and the role data plays
In a recent three-minute interview conducted at the Sustainable Investment Forum Europe, Kaylash Patel speaks about the role external sustainability data plays in the portfolio construction process.

Many investors want to incorporate Sustainable Development Goals in their portfolios. This blog shows that it is possible to create a portfolio that significantly improves the exposure to SDGs without taking on too much active risk.

Analytics | Index | Benchmarks
Together in ’22: Qontigo Investment Intelligence Summit returns to London, New York
After two years of virtual gatherings, I’m thrilled to announce that the flagship Qontigo Investment Intelligence Summit will return in person this May. This year’s Summit, which we have called ‘Together in ’22,’ will take place in London on May 5 and in New York on May 19. The two events will offer insights on some of the most important […]

Analytics | ESG & Sustainability
How our ESG partner RepRisk is driving positive change via the power of data
Earlier this year, we welcomed ESG data science leader, RepRisk, as a part of our growing sustainability ecosystem, which includes ESG-led partners such as Clarity AI, SDI AOP, ISS and Sustainalytics. We spoke with Jenny M. Nordby, Head of Partnerships and Third Party Distribution at RepRisk, to learn more about the partnership and the data they provide.

Analytics | ESG & Sustainability
SDI AOP-hosted climate solutions roundtable encourages discussion among US asset owners and consultants
We recently co-hosted an ‘Investing in Climate Solutions Using SDG Data’ roundtable, where representatives from US pension plans and intermediaries discussed the integration of SDGs data from the SDI Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) for climate investing objectives.

Analytics | ESG & Sustainability
Pensioenfonds PGB: SDI AOP data will help us increase our SDG-related investments
Dutch pension fund Pensioenfonds PGB is one of the subscribers to the Sustainable Development Investment Asset Owner Platform. The data, backed by some of the largest asset owners in the world, creates a standard for investing in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.