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Data provider FTSE Russell has made its ESG ratings of major listed Malaysian companies publicly available, after entering into an agreement with the country’s stock exchange, Bursa Malaysia.
The availability of ESG ratings is intended to aid investors seeking sustainable investment opportunities, and to allow listed companies to benchmark their ESG performance against peers, said Bursa.
The first batch of ratings, covering more than 220 Malaysian companies, is now available on the Bursa website. Under the agreement’s terms, FTSE will provide ESG ratings for the constituents of the benchmark FTSE Bursa EMAS Index, which represents 98% of the market capitalisation of the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia.
Bursa will also publish a semi-annual newsletter “to provide further transparency and information on new developments in the ESG landscape to the public”. The first edition can be found here.
Malaysian companies evaluated by FTSE will be ranked…