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Investing Thoughtfully: Our ESG Risk Assessment Framework
While ESG data is becoming more available, relying solely on third-party data sources has limitations. Allspring’s proprietary rating framework enhances third-party data with our own quantitative and qualitative views.
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Authors
- Jamie Newton, CFA
- Randy Mangelsen, CFA
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Duncan Robinson
10/19/2023
13 min read
Topic
Sustainable Investing
Key takeaways
- We believe asset managers should have a view on ESG factors and their influence on sectors and businesses.
- Allspring’s scoring focuses on the risk and materiality of ESG factors while emphasizing governance.
- Our ESG risk assessment process incorporates our level of conviction in the assessment of a company and the trend of its scores.