SFDR Solutions

The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) presents requirements and data challenges to investment managers. Get ahead with ESG Book’s data and technology solutions.

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Helping clients align with SFDR

The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), part of the European Commission’s Action Plan, aims to increase transparency across capital markets and set disclosure obligations for market participants on sustainability issues.

ESG Book provides clients with market-leading data and technology solutions to develop Article 8 and 9 aligned funds and investment strategies. Our solutions cover data needs across the value chain, and can be seamlessly integrated into portfolio construction, management, and reporting.

Use Cases:
Regulatory Reporting

ESG Book covers 100% of the Mandatory SFDR PAI Metrics either through exact match or proxy data points.

SFDR Classification:
Art. 8 and 9

Create unique Article 8 and Article 9 aligned strategies with our raw data offerings.

PAI reporting and
monitoring

Utilise our PAI calculations and raw data metrics for an effective and compliance-proof PAI risk monitoring strategy.

Disclosure
Requests

Automate data disclosure requests for portfolio companies where data is missing or unavailable, directly via ESG Book.

SFDR
Raw Data Module

SFDR raw data metrics that easily be integrated into client systems, allowing full customisation and flexibility.

ESG Book’s SFDR Raw Data Module is based on a mapping of ESG Book’s proprietary suite of raw data metrics to the 47 SFDR corporate-level Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) indicators.

ESG Book covers 100% of the Mandatory SFDR PAI Metrics either through exact match or proxy data points.

Coverage of
Principal Adverse Impact Indicators (PAIs)

ESG Book covers 100% of the Mandatory SFDR PAI Metrics either through exact match or proxy data points.

Adverse Sustainability Indicator	SFDR Key	ESG Book Coverage
1. GHG emissions (Scope 1)	SFDR_M.1.1	Match
1. GHG emissions (Scope 2)	SFDR_M.1.2	Match
1. GHG emissions (Scope 3)	SFDR_M.1.3	Match
1. GHG emissions (Total)	SFDR_M.1.4	Match
2. Carbon footprint	SFDR_M.2	Match
3. GHG intensity of investee companies	SFDR_M.3	Match
4. Exposure to companies active in the fossil fuel sector	SFDR_M.4	Proxy
5. Share of non-renewable energy consumption and production	SFDR_M.5	Match
6. Energy consumption intensity per high impact climate sector	SFDR_M.6	Match
7. Activities negatively affecting biodiversity-sensitive areas	SFDR_M.7	Proxy
8. Emissions to water	SFDR_M.8	Match
9. Hazardous waste ratio	SFDR_M.9	Match
10. Violations of UN Global Compact principles and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises	SFDR_M.10	Proxy
11. Lack of processes and compliance mechanisms to monitor compliance with UN Global Compact principles and OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises	SFDR_M.11	Proxy
12. Unadjusted gender pay gap	SFDR_M.12	Proxy
13. Board gender diversity	SFDR_M.13	Match
14. Exposure to controversial weapons (anti- personnel mines, cluster munitions, chemical weapons and biological weapons)	SFDR_M.14	Proxy

Adverse Sustainability Indicator	SFDR Key	ESG Book Coverage
1. Investments in companies without workplace accident prevention policies	SFDR_O.17	Match
2. Rate of accidents	SFDR_O.18	Match
3. Number of days lost to injuries, accidents, fatalities or illness	SFDR_O.19	Match
4. Lack of a supplier code of conduct	SFDR_O.20	Match
5. Lack of grievance/ complaints handling mechanism related to employee matters	SFDR_O.21	Proxy
6. Insufficient whistleblower protection	SFDR_O.22	Match
7. Incidents of discrimination	SFDR_O.23.1	Proxy
7. Incidents of discrimination	SFDR_O.23.2	Proxy
8. Excessive CEO pay ratio	SFDR_O.24	Proxy
9. Lack of a human rights policy	SFDR_O.25	Match
10. Lack of due diligence	SFDR_O.26	Proxy
11. Lack of processes and measures for preventing trafficking in human beings	SFDR_O.27	Proxy
12. Operations and suppliers at significant risk of incidents of child labour	SFDR_O.28	Proxy
13. Operations and suppliers at significant risk of incidents of forced or compulsory labour	SFDR_O.29	Proxy
14. Number of identified cases of severe human rights issues and incidents	SFDR_O.30	Proxy
15. Lack of anti-corruption and anti-bribery policies	SFDR_O.31	Match
16. Cases of insufficient action taken to address breaches of standards of anti-corruption and anti- bribery	SFDR_O.32	Match
17. Number of convictions and amount of fines for violation of anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws	SFDR_O.33	No Match

Granularity

SFDR raw data metrics that easily be integrated into client systems, allowing full customisation and flexibility.

ESG Book’s SFDR Raw Data Module is based on a mapping of ESG Book’s proprietary suite of raw data metrics to the 47 SFDR corporate-level Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) indicators.

Complete coverage

100% coverage of the mandatory metrics and 80% of the Opt-in metrics.

PAI calculations

PAI score-level calculation methodologies constructed by our in-house regulatory solutions research team.

SFDR Disclosure
Solution

ESG Book provides corporates with a streamlined solution for efficient SFDR data disclosure. Our market-leading platform enables investors to identify and fill SFDR data gaps by directly engaging with portfolio companies and requesting them to report.

Key Features

Request and Disclose ESG Data

Facilitate the request and disclosure of ESG data and actionable ESG information via our automated one-stop platform disclosure features.

Apps

Build or subscribe to apps that transform ESG data into actionable use cases.

Manage Requests

Manage and map disclosure requests and answers across multiple frameworks, prioritising requests and selecting data points to report based on materiality.

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Contact our team to discuss how ESG Book can help with your SFDR compliance journey.

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