The importance of ESG ratings is rapidly growing, driven both by increasingly dynamic legislation and regulations in the field, and especially by the need for stakeholders to integrate relevant, comparable ESG data and information that cover the full spectrum of ESG into business decisions.

An external evaluation increases stakeholders' confidence in the quality of the ESG information reported and ensures that the organization’s reporting aligns with best practices in environmental, social, and governance matters.

Although there is still no consensus on the evaluation methodologies used by various rating agencies, nor a high level of standardization or transparency for them, stakeholders with whom an organization collaborates are increasingly interested in seeing ESG progress supported by concrete data, beyond corporate rhetoric.

By attending this webinar, you will learn about:

  • Definition of ESG Ratings: ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) ratings provide a quantitative assessment of an organization's efforts in sustainability and social governance;

  • Types of ESG Ratings: ESG Risk Rating: Evaluates a company's exposure to ESG risks and its management (e.g., Sustainalytics, S&P), ESG Impact Rating: Measures a company's impact on ESG factors (e.g., Refinitiv, Moody’s), ESG ratings can be “backward-looking” (historical data) or “forward-looking” (future goals);

  • Importance of ESG Ratings: Validates performance through external rating agencies, Enables comparability across regions and industries, Assists in risk management and enhances investor appeal;

  • Who Calculates ESG Ratings: Specialized agencies analyze public and, in some cases, non-public data from companies to assign ESG ratings;

  • Necessity of ESG Ratings: Responds to investor, consumer, and regulatory pressures, Helps in mitigating climate-related risks, Provides companies a metric to improve their sustainability efforts;

  • Process of Obtaining ESG Ratings: Ratings based on public information only, Ratings based on both public and private information, with feedback and collaboration;

  • Banca Transilvania’s ESG Achievements: Sustainalytics ESG Score: 17 (low risk), positioning it in the top 15% of analyzed companies, Refinitiv Score: 83/100 (A-), ranking high globally, with excellent scores in innovation, HR, and governance, CST Index Score: 91/100 for sustainability reporting transparency in Romania;

  • Challenges in ESG Ratings: Lack of regulatory oversight for rating agencies, Variability in methodologies among rating agencies, Inconsistent distribution and predictive power of ratings;

About the guest speaker

Diana Mazurcievici s currently the ESG&IR Director at Banca Transilvania and has been leading the bank’s corporate ESG initiatives for the past three years, including the process of obtaining an ESG rating. With over 16 years of experience in the financial-banking sector, Diana managed the publication of Banca Transilvania’s first Sustainability Report in 2021, in accordance with GRI standards.

Now in its third edition, Banca Transilvania’s Sustainability Report has received industry recognition through the awards it has earned and serves as a key element in external reviews by rating agencies.

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