OUR SERVICES
SES - ESG SERVICES:
- SES provides various types of services relating to ESG such as ESG Score of a Company based on
proprietary Evaluation Model, ESG Reports, ESG Research, ESG Data Services, BRSR Guide and an Online
BRSR Platform to enable companies to fill, store and export BRSR Data & Report.
- It may be noted that SES has been empanelled by AMFI as a recognized ESG Rating Provider (ERP) to
members of AMFI, i.e. to the Asset Management Companies (AMCs) of SEBI registered mutual funds for
the purposes of providing ESG ratings services in accordance with SEBI and AMFI guidelines.
- Further, SES is licensed user of SASB Standards / Materiality Map. And is also a community member of
Global Reporting Initiative.
ESG SCORES
- SES has created an ESG Score – Evaluation Model through which it analyses and gives score to a
company’s
ESG factors
- The model has over 400 questions and is based on both legal / mandatory and voluntary frameworks /
global best practices
- The model was developed by SES and has been vetted by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) and NSE.
- Based on SASB Standards and SASB Materiality Map, SES has determined the weightages, which varies
from
the industry to industry based on issues material to the relevant industry.
- It may be noted that “SES licenses and uses the SASB Materiality Map® Disclosure Topics and SICS in
ESG
Work”
- With various changes in Regulatory and Voluntary requirements in ESG space, SES has always
considered
the developments and incorporated them into the Model, i.e. SES Model is not static, rather it
evolves
and incorporate important & relevant developments from time to time.
ESG REPORTS
- ESG Report – Score & Analysis:
- SES prepares a report based on its analysis on company’s ESG practices, using SES Score
Evaluation Model
- These Reports provide scores & analysis of overall ESG score and each of E, S & G factors.
- For each FY, one report for each company for a financial year will be prepared annually
based on yearly disclosure reports such as annual report / BRSR / ESG additional disclosures
/ integrated annual / sustainability / BRR report etc. (whatever publicly available)
- However in case there is any major development in respect of any company, a supplementary
report may be provided.
- SES uses data available only in public domain for its reports and analysis.
- Other than score report, SES prepares customised ESG, E or S reports based on client
requirements
- Customised ESG Report: In past, as per request of an Foreign Institutional Investor, SES had
prepared customised 2-pager Report only on Environment, covering key environmental factors viz.
Energy, Emission, Water and Waste.
ESG RESEARCH
- SES also provide custom client based ESG research such as benchmarking companies with relevant
global peers and as per global best practices as per client requirements. Following are some of
projects done:
- Index study of sample companies (E.g. Top 50; Top 100)
- 2020 – Published for Top 50 companies in association with National Stock Exchange
- 2021 – Published for Top 100 companies along with Ambit Capital
- 2022 – Published for Top 120 companies along with Ambit Capital
- 2022 – Published for Top 100 companies in association with National Stock Exchange
- Sectoral Studies
- 2021 – Study of ESG Practices of top Private Banks, compared with SBI and global
peers.
- 2022 – Study of ESG Practices of Life Insurance companies, and compared with global
peers.
ESG DATA SERVICES
- ESG Data Services relates to providing Data Sets / Points Relating to E, S & G Factors.
- SES was approached by Nasdaq to become their partner for supply data on E, S & G factors for their
ESG data hub platform, and the same is available at: Nasdaq website.