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Reveals human rights and energy transition risks now highly material for bond pricing<\/h4>\n
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Verisk Maplecroft’s Sovereign ESG Ratings – Framework and issues<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
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Verisk Maplecroft’s Sovereign ESG Ratings – Framework and issues<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

LONDON, Feb. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Verisk Maplecroft, a global risk analytics business of Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK<\/a>), has launched new Sovereign ESG Ratings to provide investors with the most comprehensive picture available of ESG risks and opportunities across the entire current and potential sovereign issuer universe.<\/p>\n

The Ratings, which extend Verisk Maplecroft\u2019s growing presence as a geospatial ESG data provider, have been developed to offer a powerful set of signals for tracking the sustainability factors that matter most for sovereign debt markets \u2013 from both ethical and material perspectives. Crucially, research into the data\u2019s relationship with bond spreads shows that human rights are, in reality, highly material, and that risks relating to the energy transition have now become a key factor affecting countries\u2019 borrowing costs.<\/p>\n

Setting a new global standard for sovereign ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) analysis, the Ratings will enable more widespread incorporation of ESG in government debt markets, helping investors to price in sustainability factors more effectively and create portfolios that tightly align with their values.<\/p>\n

The Sovereign ESG Ratings, which feature six years of quarterly historical data, draw on approximately 350 of Verisk Maplecroft\u2019s 1200+ indicators across 37 separate issues and nine ESG dimensions. Their novel methodology, based on cluster analysis, captures the non-linear complexity of the sovereign ESG world more effectively than traditional weighted averages.<\/p>\n

Verisk Maplecroft\u2019s research into the data shows ESG issues are highly material on multiple levels:<\/p>\n