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We price our datasets based on the size of the dataset, starting at $1,500 for our sought-after carbon emissions dataset. As the dataset size scales up, the price per datapoint comes down substantially.
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About GIST
GIST in a Nutshell
GIST is a pioneering data and analytics company that brings together world-renowned sustainability expertise with technology and big data to help investors and companies measure, value, and benchmark business impacts across all four capitals: Natural, Human, Social, and Financial.
GIST’s data and software solutions provide analytics and insights that make it easy for investors and companies to measure performance across all value dimensions, manage material risks, and make informed decisions.
Founded by Pavan Sukhdev (ex-banker, environmental economist, President of WWF International, and winner of the 2020 Tyler Prize for the Environment), GIST is at the cutting edge of measuring impacts using a scientifically sound and economically rigorous methodology that provides unique and unparalleled insight into how companies impact society and the environment.
LONDON – January 12, 2022 – MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI) today announced a partnership with GIST.
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Data Offering
GIST specializes in measuring the impact of companies on their stakeholders, environment, and society. We use rigorous scientific and economic modelling to calculate these impacts in $ terms. We capture 120+ different types of environmental and human capital metrics for 14,000+ major listed companies, and convert those into location-specific impact values. We are renowned experts in sustainability and impact valuation, and our team has spent 15 years on R&D, developing best-in-class methodology.
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Use Cases
- Screening companies for portfolio selection
- Portfolio and company risk analysis and management
- Portfolio and company benchmarking against user-selected benchmarks (sectors, competitors, etc.)
- Compliance and reporting
HOW DIFFERENT INVESTOR CUSTOMERS USE GIST DATA:
- Traditional active managers use GIST’s data and analytics to aid in stock selection, considering impacts alongside risk and returns
- Passive funds use GIST’s data and analytics for reporting materiality to their client base (UN SDGs in particular are increasingly important for investors, both retail and institutional)
Data Sources & Collection
GIST crawls sustainability data from company reports, and our analysts validate it for standardization and accuracy. For missing data, we use predictive algorithms to impute estimates based on statistical models, large-scale lifecycle inventory datasets, peer-reviewed scientific empirical models, and industry / sector-specific benchmarks. We apply our proprietary impact valuation methodology, based on peer-reviewed science and economic modelling, to calculate accurate, location-specific impacts.
Key Differentiators
Comprehensive Impacts Coverage:
- Covers all material impacts across all four capitals: Natural, Human, Social and Financial (over 350 data types/metrics - but we can work with ~50)
Best-in-Class Valuation Methodology:
- Rigorous, peer-reviewed science and robust economic modelling
- Unparalleled granularity: measuring globally across 50 x 50 sq. km grids
- Algorithms built off location-specific environmental, ecological, health and demographic data from official databases
- Most sophisticated impact valuation methodology on the market
Extensive Benchmarks Database:
- Ability to benchmark business or portfolio impacts by index / sector / region
- Ability to compare across user-select groups of peers or competitors
- Benchmarks available as impact intensity histograms (vs. weighted averages)
- Ability to impute missing data fields in case of non-disclosure
Data Privacy
GIST Impact respects data privacy with commitment to comply with the regulatory requirement and use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the personal data we collect and process. For example, where appropriate, encryption, pseudonymisation, firewalls, secure facilities and access right systems. Our security controls are designed to maintain an appropriate level of data confidentiality, integrity, availability, resilience and ability to restore the data. We regularly test our website, services, systems, and other assets for security vulnerabilities.
For adequate protection as per GDPR for transfer of personal data to countries outside the EEA, we ensure that the service providers have adequate technical measures and other safeguards in place for protection of data through standard contractual clauses. GIST Impact ensures that rights of the data subject as per GDPR are respected through appropriate procedures and tools in Customer Relationship Management.
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Frequently asked questions about GIST
What does GIST do?
GIST is a pioneering data and analytics company working at the intersection of sustainability, economics, and big data. Our data and software solutions help investors and companies measure, value, and benchmark business impacts across all four capitals: Natural, Human, Social and Financial.
How much does GIST cost?
The supported pricing models for GIST’s data are One-off purchase and Yearly License. GIST offers free samples for individual data requirements. Get talking to a member of the GIST team to receive custom pricing options, information about data subscription fees, and quotes for GIST’s data offering tailored to your use case.
What kind of data does GIST have?
ESG Risk Data, Water Data, ESG Fund Rating Data, Carbon Emissions Data, and 13 others
What data does GIST offer?
GIST specializes in measuring the impact of companies on their stakeholders, environment, and society. We use rigorous scientific and economic modelling to calculate these impacts in $ terms. We capture 120+ different types of environmental and human capital metrics for 14,000+ major listed companies, and convert those into location-specific impact values. We are renowned experts in sustainability and impact valuation, and our team has spent 15 years on R&D, developing best-in-class methodology.
How does GIST collect data?
GIST crawls sustainability data from company reports, and our analysts validate it for standardization and accuracy. For missing data, we use predictive algorithms to impute estimates based on statistical models, large-scale lifecycle inventory datasets, peer-reviewed scientific empirical models, and industry / sector-specific benchmarks. We apply our proprietary impact valuation methodology, based on peer-reviewed science and economic modelling, to calculate accurate, location-specific impacts.
What’s GIST’s data privacy policy?
GIST Impact respects data privacy with commitment to comply with the regulatory requirement and use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the personal data we collect and process. For example, where appropriate, encryption, pseudonymisation, firewalls, secure facilities and access right systems. Our security controls are designed to maintain an appropriate level of data confidentiality, integrity, availability, resilience and ability to restore the data. We regularly test our website, services, systems, and other assets for security vulnerabilities. For adequate protection as per GDPR for transfer of personal data to countries outside the EEA, we ensure that the service providers have adequate technical measures and other safeguards in place for protection of data through standard contractual clauses. GIST Impact ensures that rights of the data subject as per GDPR are respected through appropriate procedures and tools in Customer Relationship Management.
What are the best use cases for GIST’s data?
Screening companies for portfolio selection Portfolio and company risk analysis and management Portfolio and company benchmarking against user-selected benchmarks (sectors, competitors, etc.) Compliance and reporting HOW DIFFERENT INVESTOR CUSTOMERS USE GIST DATA: Traditional active managers use GIST’s data and analytics to aid in stock selection, considering impacts alongside risk and returns Passive funds use GIST’s data and analytics for reporting materiality to their client base (UN SDGs in particular are increasingly important for investors, both retail and institutional)
What platforms is GIST integrated with?
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