Companies: social responsibility

The following databases rate or rank the social responsibility of companies:

• MSCI GMI Ratings: GMI Ratings, formerly known as Corporate Library, offers annual historical data captures for each proxy year beginning in 2001.

• S&P Global ESG Scores: Provides environment, social and governance data and scores and TruCost data.  Includes: Climate Analytics, ESG Scores, and Trucost Environmental.

• Sustainalytics: Provides environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research, ratings, and data.

• Datastream: Provides Asset4 ESG (environment, social and governance) data. From the Datastream Formula Builder, choose "Constituent Lists," (under category) and then use the "find series," option to search for Refinitiv ESG in the Explorer window.  LA4CT is the mnemonic for Asset4.

• KLD: Historical ratings from KLD Socrates (covering 1991-2008) are available to the HBS community in spreadsheet form.

The following websites also rate or rank social responsibility:

• CSRHub: Aggregates data from multiple sources. Free registration is required to see basic data. Monthly subscriptions provide access to finer rating categories.

• Global 100: Most Sustainable Corporations in the World: The Global 100 Index is a ranking of the world's most sustainable corporations.

The following websites give background information on social responsibility issues and companies:

• B Lab Global: Benefit corporations have a corporate purpose to create a material positive impact on society and the environment.

• Corpwatch.org: Provide articles, reports and data on violations by multinational corporations to activists, media, the general public and policy makers.

• Corporate Citizenship Awards: US Chamber of Commerce Foundation honors businesses for their significant positive impacts in communities around the world.

The following databases provide companies' own (self-reported) social responsibility reports:

• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI): a free database from the Global Social Reporting Initiative of self-reported of sustainability, corporate responsibility and integrated reports.

• LSEG Workspace:

  • Click on Filings & Events in the top banner.

  • Select Advanced Filings from the list of options.

  • Under the Filters, click into the Categories text box and type in ESG.

  • Check off ESG Disclosure.

  • Add other criteria as desired.

  • Click Search.

For a multimedia learning module on LSEG Workspace check out our Learn with Baker Library LSEG Workspace Introduction.