Providers Arabesque

Arabesque

Arabesque was founded in 2013 with the mission to mainstream sustainable investing. Starting out as an asset manager, the group subsequently spun off its sustainability research into a dedicated company Arabesque S-Ray GmbH. S-Ray® is Arabesque’s unique tool that allows anyone to monitor the sustainability performance of approximately 7,000 of the world’s largest corporations. Smart and simple to use, Arabesque S-Ray® looks beneath a company’s surface by assessing its extra-financial performance, helping us to better understand its societal and environmental impact. The company has partnered with and offered its services to major players such as State Street, GPIF, Nasdaq, Factset and BNY Mellon.
Subscription Details 
Initially via a 3-month free trial, then by annual subscription.
Update Granularity 
All S-Ray® data feeds are updated on a daily basis.
Downloadable Assets
None
Price 
A wide range of services is provided. For investors, our Portfolio Screening service starts at USD 5.000 p.a.. The Enterprise daily datafeed is available from USD 25.000 p.a.. For a more detailed quote, please get in touch via sray@arabesque.com.
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Collection Methodology 
S-Ray® is a technology platform that aggregates data from a wide range of sources and systematically combines them into a wide range of different scores. Data sources include report-based long-term sustainability assessments, news-based short-term sustainability signals and NGO-based activity
Regional Coverage 
Global
History 
Daily data coverage starts in 2003 for both datasets.
Cadence 
S-Ray® data is updated daily.
Themes Covered 
Sustainability, environment, corporate governance, thematic, business involvements, and controversial activities.
Known Biases 
Potential human biases in scoring methodology, classification of specific features and in news-based and NGO data sources. We mitigate these by placing increased importance on data-based materiality, using big data and machine learning to reduce reliance on human analysts and by encouraging corporate disclosure and raising the standard for ESG data.
Granularity of Data 
S-Ray® data is calculated on a company level.
Sectors / Companies 
Over 7,000 publicly listed companies in both developed and emerging markets. Sectors included are Commercial Services, Communications, Consumer Durables, Consumer Non-Durables, Consumer Services, Distribution Services, Electronic Technology, Energy Minerals, Finance, Health Services, Health Technology, Industrial Services, Miscellaneous, Non-Energy Minerals, Process Industries, Producer Manufacturing, Retail Trade, Technology Services, Transportation, Utilities.