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This website provides a platform for discovering available data relevant to sovereign ESG analysis and decision making. Use the on-site tools to explore data visualizations and dashboards, download the dataset, and engage with partners and practitioners.

How to Use the PortalData FrameworkAbout the Portal
A Selection of ESG Indicators
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Data
  1. Methodology
  2. Sovereign ESG Data Framework
  3. Download data (CSV, Excel or API)
  4. DataBank
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Country Profiles
  1. Country dashboards: a selection of ESG indicators at the country level
  2. Interactive data explorer: select your own indicators for a country, with regional and global aggregates for reference
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World Bank ESG Resources
  1. Changing Wealth of Nations
  2. Human Capital Project
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Other Resources

A selection of relevant publications from outside organizations.

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Engage

Become a part of our growing community. Stay connected or provide feedback on the Portal.

Featured Report

Incorporating Environmental, Social and Governance Factors Into Fixed Income Investment is the result of a partnership between the World Bank Group and Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) of Japan: to collaborate on initiatives that promote strategies for including environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in investment decisions across asset classes.

 

Read the Report

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Contributing Programs

The ESG Data Project is the result of collaboration between the World Bank's Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation (FCI) global practice, the World Bank Treasury, and the Development Data Group. The project is funded by the Financial Sector Reform and Strengthening Initiative (FIRST) and the Global Program on Sustainability (GPS). The project also benefits from the Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) Program and the Human Capital Project.

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Contributing team members are contributors to the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action (CAPE), the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), and the Sustainable Banking Network (SBN). The work of these networks feeds into the work of the ESG data team.

Contact us at esgdata@worldbank.org