{"id":5259,"date":"2010-11-16T09:09:12","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T17:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=5259"},"modified":"2010-11-16T09:09:12","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T17:09:12","slug":"bloomberg-adds-water-to-its-esg-service-offering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/bloomberg-adds-water-to-its-esg-service-offering\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg Adds Water to its ESG Service Offering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconom.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/water.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5260\" src=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/files\/2010\/11\/water-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/water-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/water.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a>A <a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/2010\/11\/09\/water-creeping-to-the-top-of-the-sustainability-list\/\" target=\"_blank\">recent post<\/a> by guest contributer, Julie Urlaub, discussed the rising importance of water as a sustainability issue.\u00a0 In it, Urlaub states, &#8220;clean, fresh, and \u2018usable\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.taigacompany.com\/blog\/taiga-company\/0\/0\/what-is-in-my-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">water<\/a> is no longer just an issue for developing countries.\u00a0 It has become a global social and business sustainability issue.&#8221;\u00a0 This fact is more evident by Bloomberg&#8217;s recent announcement to launch a water data and analysis service as part of its ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) service offering.\u00a0 According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.responsible-investor.com\/home\/article\/bloomberg_to_launch_water_data_and_analysis_service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Responsible Investor article<\/a>, it plans to launch a service focusing on water in early 2011.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->When Bloomberg launched its ESG data service in 2009, many thought it a game changer in environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting; putting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymanagementletter.com\/SubContent.aspx?ArticleID=2278589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESG data on 3,080 companies in 43 countries <\/a>in the hands of investors.\u00a0 The recent announcement to include water in its service offering confirms that water is on the sustainability list and will remain there.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.responsible-investor.com\/home\/article\/bloomberg_to_launch_water_data_and_analysis_service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Responsible Investor article<\/a>, Michael Liebreich, chief executive of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, cited the \u201cvery poor information\u201d currently available on water usage and\u00a0remarked that\u00a0\u201cwater is the next big challenge,\u201d at the Carbon Disclosure Project\u2019s new Water Disclosure project\u2019s inaugural results in London.<\/p>\n<p>Making water issues and usage available to investors and shareholders empowers them to address this rising challenge.\u00a0 \u201cAsset owners can put pressure on companies like no one else, the role of the investors is absolutely critical,\u201d Liebreich said, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.responsible-investor.com\/home\/article\/bloomberg_to_launch_water_data_and_analysis_service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Responsible-Investor.com<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Image Credit:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bergius\/77596187\/sizes\/m\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bergius<\/a>\u00a0via Flickr under CC license.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent post by guest contributer, Julie Urlaub, discussed the 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