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Qontigo has made available ISS ESG, Clarity AI and Sustainalytics data within its financial optimizer, Axioma Portfolio Optimizer (APO). Sustainalytics will also be integrated into Axioma Portfolio Analytics (APA) for performance attribution and reporting as well as Axioma Risk Model Machine (RMM), which allows users to create custom risk models.

Qontigo has introduced a Carbon Emission Price factor within the Axioma Worldwide Macroeconomic Projection Equity Factor Risk Model (“Macro Projection Model”).

Qontigo has joined the Net Zero Financial Service Providers Alliance (NZFSPA), thus committing to the attainment of net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 or sooner.

Investors and companies increasingly want to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals through their business activities. But the lack of quality data needed to measure and identify company contributions remains a challenge. But now there’s a solution – some of the world’s largest asset owners have established the Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform, or SDI AOP.

The SDI AOP helps investors to imbed the UN SDGs into their investment processes. We asked Claudia Kruse of APG, one of the founding members of the SDI AOP, why and how they use the data within their organization.

As part of our continuing series on highlighting the real-world use cases of the Sustainable Development Investment Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) data, we spoke to AustralianSuper’s Andrew Gray, Director ESG and Stewardship. Andrew shares his insights on the value the SDI AOP data is providing to his organization.

This Special Report discusses the increasing importance of sustainability for investors. It also outlines how investors are able to the measure the carbon footprint of their portfolios, and ensure they meet their climate goals.

In this infographic, we outline how the data and methodology of the Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) can help investors align and track portfolios’ contributions to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to report PRI sustainable outcomes.

Europe has led the world in sustainable investing. A panel of experts told the Qontigo Investment Intelligence Summit on Dec. 9 that the region must now show the way forward in setting standards in non-financial reporting for ESG assets to thrive.

It is the time of year when signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) are fully immersed in the PRI reporting and assessment process, including the institutional investors responsible for Sustainable Development Investment Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP).

Qontigo has become a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), underscoring its goal to advance sustainability in the investment industry.

SSF promotes the sustainable development of finance as a conduit for a safe and positive-impact world.