ESG Book (formerly known as Arabesque) and Glass Lewis announce strategic partnership to deliver sustainability insights for investors and public companies. (Note: Press Release has been updated to reflect Arabesque name change to ESG Book.)

  • ESG Book ESG data and insights now included with Glass Lewis Proxy Paper research reports, providing clients with market-leading sustainability intelligence on over 8,000 companies worldwide
  • Partnership enables Glass Lewis’ clients to access a suite of ESG, climate, and regulatory data solutions for corporate governance and shareholder engagement
  • Announcement comes as investor demand for ESG data surges, with one third of all assets under management globally now integrating sustainability factors
  • Over 1,300 institutional clients, including most of the world’s largest pension plans, mutual funds, and asset managers use Glass Lewis’ research and technology solutions

20th October 2021, London, and San Francisco – ESG Book, a global leader in ESG data and insights, and Glass Lewis, a leading provider of global governance solutions, today announced a new strategic partnership to provide many of the world’s largest investors and corporates with market-leading sustainability intelligence for proxy voting and shareholder engagement.

The partnership will see ESG Book provide company ESG profiles for Glass Lewis’ Proxy Paper research reports, enabling clients to gain the latest ESG data and insights on over 8,000 companies worldwide, and access to climate and regulatory data solutions. Using big data and a quantitative, algorithmic approach, ESG Book’s capabilities draw on more than four million ESG data points daily from over 30,000 sources for performance metrics on sustainability, including corporate net-zero alignment.

The announcement comes as investor interest in ESG information continues to surge, with approximately one third of all assets under management now integrating sustainability considerations, and a fifth of the world’s 2,000 largest public companies pledging to meet net-zero targets ahead of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference.

Speaking about today’s announcement, Dr Daniel Klier, President of ESGBook, said:

“Over recent years, we have witnessed the unprecedented rise of ESG as a mega-trend that is re-shaping capital markets, with global ESG assets on track to exceed $50 trillion by 2025. And it is driving investor demand for accessible and transparent sustainability data that can enable better decision-making and enhance management of ESG risks and opportunities.”

“By including ESG Book’s technology-driven ESG data and insights alongside Glass Lewis’ market-leading Proxy Paper research reports, this new strategic partnership will enable the world’s largest investors to accelerate smarter analysis of corporate sustainability performance. Together, we are excited to deliver solutions that will benefit all shareholders.”

Dan Concannon, Chief Commercial Officer of Glass Lewis, said:

“Investors and public companies from around the world rely on insights from Glass Lewis to make important governance decisions. ESG issues have become an increasingly critical challenge requiring deeper scrutiny into corporate sustainability performance. We believe that our strategic partnership with ESG Book to deliver profound insights and access to ESG, climate, and regulatory data will quickly become a critical tool in the stewardship process.”

Over 1,300 institutional clients, including most of the world’s largest pension plans, mutual funds, and asset managers who collectively manage over $40 trillion in assets, use Glass Lewis’ research and technology solutions to inform and facilitate their corporate governance activities.

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Notes to Editors

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About the Arabesque Group

ESG Book is a global leader in sustainability data and technology.

Incubated by Arabesque in 2018, ESG Book combines cutting-edge technology and proprietary research. ESG Book’s wide range of cloud-based sustainability products and solutions are used by many of the world’s leading financial organisations which collectively manage over $120 trillion.

The company has offices in London, Frankfurt, Boston, Singapore, Delhi and Tokyo. Visit ESG Book.

About Glass Lewis

Glass Lewis is a leading provider of global governance solutions. We enable institutional investors and publicly listed companies to make sustainable decisions based in research and data. We cover 30,000+ meetings each year, across approximately 100 global markets. Our customers include the majority of the world’s largest pension plans, mutual funds, and asset managers who collectively manage over $40 trillion in assets. Our core solutions include Proxy Paper proxy research and Viewpoint proxy vote management platform. Visit www.glasslewis.com for more information.