Why treasurers need to take ESG scores seriously

Fitch Ratings has flagged how forward-looking ESG-related metric gives investors a clearer idea of how such risks can impact the corporate debt they seek to invest in.

By Suhas Bhat

Nov 4, 2019

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At the start of the year, Fitch Ratings published ESG relevance scores – every firm is now associated with an individual environment, social or governance (ESG) score out of five breaking down how such concerns could impact its credit rating in the next two to five years.

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