Environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings
Vattenfall is assessed by several sustainability rating agencies on our ESG performance.
ESG ratings are becoming increasingly important to both our investors and our business customers. We want to be as open and transparent as possible in our sustainability reporting and we are proud to be highly ranked for our sustainability performance.
The table below shows the agencies we are actively working with and our latest ratings.
| Rating agency | Rating focus | Score | Latest assessment | More |
| CDP | The leading system globally for disclosing environmental data for investors, companies, cities, states and regions. | Score A: top 2% of all rated companies. | January 2024 Read the article about the CDP rating |
CDP |
| EcoVadis | An online platform that enables companies to monitor the CSR performance of their supply chains by providing supplier sustainability ratings. | Platinum rating: top 1% in the energy sector. | April 2024 Read the article about the EcoVadis rating |
EcoVadis |
| ISS ESG | ESG rating mainly for the investment community. The assessment spans over a range of ESG issues that are analysed on the basis of up to to 100 rating critera, most of them sector specific. | Score B “Prime”: highest decile of companies assessed in the sector. | December 2022 | ISS ESG |
| MSCI | ESG rating mainly for the investment community. Uses a rules-based methodology to identify industry leaders and laggards. Ranks companies according to their ESG risk exposure and how well they manage those risks relative to peers. | Score AAA “Leads peers in decarbonisation measures”: meaning top 13% of companies assessed in the sector. | December 2024 | MSCI |
| Sustainalytics | ESG rating mainly for the investment community. Uses a two-dimensional materiality framework that measures a company’s exposure to industry-specific material risks and how well a company is managing those risks. | ESG risk rating: Medium (Strong management score and high exposure). Top 13% of companies in subindustry. | December 2023 | Sustainalytics |
| World Benchmarking Alliance | The Electric Utilities Benchmark 2023 ranks 68 keystone electric utilities companies based on an Assessing low-Carbon Transition (ACT) assessment and a social assessment comprising Core Social and Just Transition Indicators. The overall score measures the company on their alignment with the low-carbon transition as well as their social equity in the process. | Score 51.6 / 100, number 7 out of 68 companies ranked in 2023. | December 2023 | World Benchmarking Alliance |
Learn more about our sustainability reporting and rankings.
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