Nasdaq Rolls out ESG Data Hub to Offer Investors Expert-led ESG Data Sets

Nasdaq today announced the launch of ESG Data Hub to support investors in their sustainable investment decisions.

The latest addition to Nasdaq's suite of products connects investors with expert-led ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) data sets from leading providers across a wide spectrum of areas, including gender diversity, carbon emissions and climate risk, providing detailed and tangible intelligence on companies’ ESG profiles.

According to the official press release, ESG Data Hub provides investors with seamless, consolidated access to information through a single interface. To support transparency and global comparability, all data available in the platform is connected to the Sustainable Development Goals set out by the United Nations. To optimize data quality, Nasdaq has worked with industry leaders within a wide range of categories across the ESG scope.

Data from the following partners are available through ESG Data Hub: Equileap (Gender equality), Ecogain (Biodiversity), RepRisk (Reputational risk), Munich Re (Climate risk), Inrate (Carbon emissions), Upright Project (Net impact) and Clean Tech (Renewable technology).

Additional data partners will be added continuously. In addition, data from Nasdaq's proprietary data service Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Network will be available through ESG Data Hub.

​Recently, Tradeweb Markets Inc. (formerly known as eSpeed) announced that it has completed its acquisition of Nasdaq's U.S. fixed income electronic trading platform​, which was firstly known to the public on February 2, 2021.