A summary of the main challenges with climate-related data faced by FMPs, according to Eurosif's report

Eurosif - The European Sustainable Investment Forum has recently published the report "Climate-related Data: The Investors' Perspective" which includes the results of a survey about the use of climate-related data in investment processes.

The quantitative and qualitative interviews were conducted in 2022. In total 33 asset managers and owners participated. The assets owned or under management ranges from less than €50 million to more than €500 billion. 

Datia’s team summarized some of the most interesting findings of the report:

1. All of the asset managers and owners interviewed by Eurosif rely on external data providers to acquire data from investee companies.
2. Most interviewees believe that better corporate reporting of climate-related data in the future will not reduce their reliance on external data providers, because these entities will continue to play an important role by sourcing data from companies’ reports and producing ‘off-the-shelf’ analytics and data sets for investors
3. Climate change is likely to be one of the most standardized ESG investment topics. Yet, asset managers and owners operating in Europe still face various challenges
4. The two most common challenges when it comes to working with data providers are insufficient coverage and high costs (see the table below) 
5. +70% of the FMPs interviewed would appreciate regulatory measures that would introduce transparency requirements on the sources of data and proportion of estimates and publicly available data (see the table below) 

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How Datia can help

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