It seems you cannot read a financial publication or report or hear speakers at a conference without a mention, and more likely much more than a mention, that investments should adhere to standards that promote environmental, social and governance, or ESG, goals. ESG is a trend that has arrived, with an increasing number of data and information providers offering reports and tools, including a new ESG scoring system launched in January by Fitch Ratings — the ESG Relevance Scores.

But if you look past the headlines and speeches and into the actual actions being taken to implement ESG, the platitudes do not always match management plans. It is easy to advertise a focus on ESG, but some organizations are better than others at putting ESG into practice.

This is where data and metrics companies can help institutional investors and fund managers understand who is reporting this data and how well they do of it.

“There is an old saying, ‘What gets measured gets man