CRSP ISS ESG Indexes White Paper

As ESG methods gain wider acceptance within the investment community, there is a need for transparent and unbiased benchmarks to help understand the connection between ESG metrics and portfolio performance.

The paper examines the properties of indexes resulting from 3 different methodologies that incorporate the ESG Performance Score provided by ISS.

By using a transparent approach, avoiding arbitrary exclusions, and including results from both ESG and the Remainder indexes, the new CRSP ISS ESG Indexes suite provides investors with a new toolset to benchmark ESG investing.

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