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Rate the Raters provides independent insight into how global companies and investors evaluate ESG ratings, which agencies they trust, and what this means for corporate strategy and capital markets. Explore our most recent report covering the results of the corporate survey.
ESG ratings remain relevant to investors but have fallen behind in-house research and direct company engagement as leading sources of information for investment decisions.
MSCI, CDP, and EcoVadis rank highest on perceived quality, while MSCI, EcoVadis, and RepRisk lead on perceived usefulness.
Investors increasingly value underlying ESG data over top-level scores and use it to support proprietary research and analysis.
Investors are becoming more critical of ESG ratings, with declines in average perceived quality, usefulness, and trust since 2023.
Investor demand remains the strongest driver of corporate engagement with ESG rating agencies, though customer expectations are rapidly growing in importance.
EcoVadis, CDP, and S&P Global ESG top the rankings as the highest quality and most useful.
Despite dissatisfaction, the majority of companies plan to continue engaging with ESG ratings.
The number of ESG ratings that companies typically engage is dropping, suggesting that companies are taking a more selective and strategic approach.
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