Apex Group has expanded its environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) ratings and advisory services through a new rating and scoring platform.
The portal is designed to deliver unique ESG insights to private companies and their investors, and will be added to Apex’s existing suite of ESG solutions as the first fund services provider to launch an ESG offering in July last year.
Apex will offer investor clients rating, reporting and benchmarking in line with international standards and United Nations sustainable development goals.
The new platform will manage the independent data collection for investors from their underlying portfolio investments to deliver a real-time ESG analysis, as well as complete an ESG health check and carbon footprint assessment.
Peter Hughes, founder and CEO of Apex Group, commented: “We believe that all equity and debt investment decisions will soon evaluate the ESG profile of private companies before investments are made, and we are focused on ensuring they have access to independent ESG scoring and rating.”
“We are pleased to be working in partnership with our clients to influence significant behavioural change, drive capital flows and support them as they look to improve their ESG performance.”
Andy Pitts-Tucker, managing director of Apex ESG Ratings and Advisory, added: “Allocators now invest based on ESG profiling and are calling for greater transparency and insight into the ESG credentials of the previously opaque private markets, we are pleased to offer a product which addresses these needs.”
