1st Edition

Environmental, Social, and Governance Ratings Risks, Regulations, and Market Dynamics

By Patrycja Chodnicka-Jaworska Copyright 2025
236 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In recent years, the world of finance and investments has changed, considering measures related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors for socially responsible investments. ESG scoring and ratings are used to estimate ESG risk. This book presents ESG ratings and scorings and their providers and lists problems with data quality, data sources, and unknown methodology, contributing... Read more

Introduction Part I: ESG Ratings 1. ESG Ratings: The main problems 2. Problems related to ESG Measures Part II: Market Dynamics and ESG Ratings Impact 3. ESG Ratings Inflation 4. Factors influencing the quality of ESG rating 5. The impact of data greenwashing on the financial market Part III: ESG Regulations and Governance 6. Regulations related to ESG measures 8. Main Conclusions and Implications

Biography

Patrycja Chodnicka-Jaworska is a researcher and the Director of the Risk and Finance Management Center, University of Warsaw, Poland.