Research

What we analyse.

Seven areas of company analysis. Each one has a published methodology that states exactly what we measure and how.

01The areas

What the research covers.

Norms & conduct: Breaches of the UN Global Compact, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and ILO conventions, tracked from first report to resolution.
Tax transparency: What a company reports about its taxes, country by country, measured against the GRI 207 standard.
Governance & sustainability maturity: Board structure, pay, shareholder rights and how sustainability is governed.
Net-zero transition: Emissions, reduction targets and progress, checked against the company's own commitments.
Human rights: Policies, incidents and remediation across a company's operations and supply chain.
Biodiversity & natural capital: Impact on land, water and ecosystems, from the company's own disclosures.
ESG disclosure & involvement: What a company discloses, and which activities it is involved in, from weapons to tobacco.

How we work.

Tested: Every methodology is tested against real filings before we use it.
Published rules: Every rule and threshold is written down in the methodology documents. You can read exactly how a score is produced.
Reviewed by people: Our analysts review the results of every analysis before clients see them.
Reproducible: Every score cites its sources, page by page. You can retrace any number to the document it came from.

The full methodology documents are on the documentation page.

Read a methodology before you believe a number.

Every analysis links the methodology it ran under. Start with a company you know well and check us.