TMX Datalinx Announces Launch of TMX ESG Data Hub

October 5, 2023 (TORONTO) - TMX Datalinx^Ⓡ, TMX Group's information services division, today announced the launch of the TMX ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Data Hub.

Working with leading ESG data and analytics providers, the TMX ESG Data Hub delivers data to global clients in support of ESG integration in investment decision-making processes. This includes tracking climate action plans, quantifying impact, screening companies and controversies, following news and events and performing corporate peer analysis.

"Expanding TMX Datalinx's offering is in response to client demand and growing investor need for a range of high quality ESG data to support portfolio construction, enhanced investment strategies and investment risk management processes," said Michelle Tran, President, TMX Datalinx. "We are pleased to offer a suite of ESG data sets to our global clients and will continue to look at ways to deliver new content and innovative analytics and indices to support our clients' ESG investment needs."

TMX Datalinx provides a broad range of real-time, historical, and other data products and services to customers across North America and around the globe. For more information visit the TMX ESG Data Hub page.

TMX ESG Hub Providers:

OWL ESG is a financial technology company that is transforming how ESG data is gathered, analyzed, researched, and applied.

• Product: OWL Consensus Scores
  • Takes the subjectivity out of scoring models by combining inputs from a wide range of vendors to create robust, unbiased, timely, ESG consensus scores for 25,000+ public companies worldwide.
• Product: OWL IQ Data
  • Provides clients with the most accurate, fresh, objective and transparent ESG data in order for time and resources to be dedicated to making investment decisions with confidence.

MT Newswires is an original and unbiased financial news source serving the largest banks, brokerage firms, and professional market data, trading and research applications globally.

• Product: MT Newswires and TMX ESG Data Hub ESG Financial News
  • Powers the newly launched TMX ESG Data HUB with a real-time, ESG-focused financial news service that covers breaking news and developments including in-depth reporting on regulatory events, proxy controversies, corporate disclosures and more.

GIST Impact is a leading impact data and analytics provider, and has been measuring and quantifying social and environmental impacts for more than 16 years.

• Product: Environmental Data
  • Covers 40+ environmental metrics including GHG emissions, water consumption, air pollution, water and land pollution, and waste generation. Where data is unavailable, it is gap filled using advanced machine learning capabilities.
• Product: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Data
  • Covers 15+ metrics related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), including employee gender statistics, % of women on boards, ethnic diversity, gender wage gap and employee-to-CEO pay ratio.
• Product: Impact Data
  • Uses scientific modeling and peer-reviewed research to quantify the positive and negative impacts of a company's activities on natural, human, and produced capital, in economic ($) terms.
• Product: SDG Data
  • Shows how the on-the-ground activities of a company are contributing positively or negatively towards our ability to achieve specific UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Inrate is an ESG ratings and data specialist that provides science-based assessments of ESG impact.

• Product: ESG Impact Ratings
  • Reflects a company's real-world impact on the environment and society and factors sustainability indicators that are missing from traditional ratings that focus on risk management and rely fully on corporate disclosures.
• Product: Climate Impact Data
  • Provides climate impact data including both reported and modeled emissions to determine the amount of greenhouse gasses emitted by a business.

Wall Street Horizon, a TMX company, seeks to provide institutional traders and investors with accurate and comprehensive forward-looking corporate event data.

• Product: ESG Conferences and Events
  • Contains investor conferences and analyst-focused events with a focus on ESG topics that have taken place in the past 12 months or are scheduled to be held today or in the future.

Certain content contained in this release has been provided by third parties. TMX Group and its affiliated companies do not assume any liability for any errors or omissions in or your use of, or reliance on, such third party content. TMX Datalinx is a registered trademark of TSX Inc.

About TMX Group (TSX: X)

TMX Group operates global markets, and builds digital communities and analytic solutions that facilitate the funding, growth and success of businesses, traders and investors. TMX Group's key operations include Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange, The Canadian Depository for Securities, Montréal Exchange, Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation, and Trayport which provide listing markets, trading markets, clearing facilities, depository services, technology solutions, data products and other services to the global financial community. TMX Group is headquartered in Toronto and operates offices across North America (Montréal, Calgary, Vancouver and New York), as well as in key international markets including London, Singapore and Vienna. For more information about TMX Group, visit our website at www.tmx.com. Follow TMX Group on Twitter: @TMXGroup.

For more information, please contact:
 
Catherine Kee
Senior Manager, Corporate Communications & Media Relations
TMX Group
416-671-1704
catherine.kee@tmx.com