Responsible Research

Responsible Research is the leading provider of quality independent Environmental, Social, and Governance research in Asia for global institutional investors. Our approach is based on analysis of material ESG factors, which increasingly affect investment decisions.

Our clients, many of them signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, find that traditional investment banking reports, financial models and public information sources cannot be relied upon to cover all risks to earnings and enable them to deliver superior long term returns whilst fulfilling their fiduciary duties.

Companies who do not monitor, manage and report on their ESG performance not only risk financial penalties for non-compliance within stricter regulatory environments, but are also denied access to substantial pools of global capital that is managed according to responsible investment principles. Responsible Research provides greater transparency of these regulatory landscapes in Asia, along with a fresh perspective on local operating environments and sectoral issues.

As a signatory to the UNPRI Responsible Research voluntarily contributes time and resources to the Emerging Markets Disclosure Project and other collaborative initiatives.

Responsible Research is proud to be the exclusive research and distribution partner in Asia for RepRisk. This web-based tool provides insights on ESG issues on over 11,000 companies globally and enables investors to establish reputational and financial risk within portfolios.
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The Asian Sustainability Rating™ (ASR™) is our new benchmarking tool for investors that covers the top Asian listed companies by market capitalization in ten Asian markets. These companies are screened on over 50 criteria in 6 ESG categories. Asian Sustainable Universes and Indices based on this scoring will be available in 2010.

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