In the Media

Professor Roberto Rigobon, Research Scientist Florian Berg and Research Affiliate Julian Kölbel write for the Financial Times about the pressing need for tougher scrutiny, regulation and reform of ESG rating agencies. “The solution is greater transparency about what a rating seeks to measure, and the methodology behind it,” they write. “Users should be able to scrutinize the way the data is collected and aggregated, and whether that is consistent with the rating’s objective.”