ISS ESG

Access Environmental, Social & Governance Data (ESG) to Enrich Research

Access detailed information for each ISS dataset

ISS ESG has developed a robust and evolving set of data that is used globally by institutional investors and academics to make better decisions using information on corporate directors, executive compensation, corporate governance, company vote results, as well as climate and emissions data, and various other ESG datasets.

Products

Description

Data Product Details


Title:

ISS Climate Core

Description:

Company carbon footprints, Scope 1, 2, & 3 emissions raw data, and carbon intensity metrics representing the GHG emissions per million USD/EUR of revenue.

Product Code/Schema:

iss_climate_core

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

2012-01-01 - 2022-12-31

Update Frequency:

Annually

Total Size:

148.5 MiB

Data Last Updated:

May 29, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

  • cusip_full
  • isin
  • lei
  • ticker

Regions:

No associated region tags.

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Data Product Details


Title:

ISS Climate Potential Avoided Emissions

Description:

Data for the potential avoided emissions of investments (companies, infrastructure, and Green Bonds).

Product Code/Schema:

iss_climate_emissions

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

Unspecified

Update Frequency:

Annually

Total Size:

12.7 MiB

Data Last Updated:

May 29, 2025, 10:52 a.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

No associated region tags.

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Often Paired With:


No related products specified.

Data Product Details


Title:

ISS Climate Energy and Extractives Screening

Description:

Company involvement in the extraction of fossil fuels, and the generation of power from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewable sources.

Product Code/Schema:

iss_climate_energy

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

Unspecified

Update Frequency:

Annually

Total Size:

187.7 MiB

Data Last Updated:

May 29, 2025, 11:04 a.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

No associated region tags.

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Often Paired With:


No related products specified.

Data Product Details


Title:

ISS Climate Impact

Description:

Company derived metrics and benchmarks by geographical and sector classifications. Includes short and long term physical risk, peer emissions intensity, and climate scenario budgets.

Product Code/Schema:

iss_climate_impact

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

2016-01-01 - 2022-12-31

Update Frequency:

Annually

Total Size:

970.8 MiB

Data Last Updated:

May 29, 2025, 11:27 a.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

Global

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Data Product Details


Title:

ISS Climate Physical Risk

Description:

Company absolute and relative climate physical risk metrics.

Product Code/Schema:

iss_climate_physical_risk

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

2016-01-01 - 2022-12-31

Update Frequency:

Annually

Total Size:

315.5 MiB

Data Last Updated:

May 29, 2025, 11:42 a.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

No associated region tags.

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Often Paired With:


No related products specified.

Data Product Details


Title:

Executive Compensation Analytics

Product Code/Schema:

iss_compensation_analytics

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

1900-01-01 - 2900-01-01

Update Frequency:

Annually

Total Size:

1.25 GiB

Data Last Updated:

Feb. 3, 2025, 1:53 p.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

  • cusip_full
  • isin
  • sedol
  • ticker

Regions:

Global

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Data Product Details


Title:

Executive compensation peer groups

Product Code/Schema:

iss_compensation_peers

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

1998-01-01 - 2025-01-22

Update Frequency:

Annually

Total Size:

598.1 MiB

Data Last Updated:

Feb. 3, 2025, 1:50 p.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

Global

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Often Paired With:


No related products specified.

Data Product Details


Title:

Global director and board statistics

Product Code/Schema:

iss_directors_global

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

1900-01-01 - 3124-10-01

Update Frequency:

Annually

Total Size:

6.31 GiB

Data Last Updated:

Feb. 10, 2025, 11:01 a.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

  • cik
  • cusip_full
  • isin
  • sedol
  • ticker

Regions:

Global

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Data Product Details


Title:

ISS Incentive Lab

Product Code/Schema:

iss_incentive_lab

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Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

1900-01-15 - 9999-01-01

Update Frequency:

Monthly

Total Size:

1.25 GiB

Data Last Updated:

Dec. 5, 2025, 12:31 p.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

  • cik
  • cusip_full
  • ticker

Regions:

North America

Concepts:

Compensation

Data Product Details


Title:

ISS Incentive Lab - Europe

Product Code/Schema:

iss_incentive_lab_europe

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

1999-01-01 - 9999-01-01

Update Frequency:

Monthly

Total Size:

38.5 MiB

Data Last Updated:

Dec. 5, 2025, 12:37 p.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

Europe

Concepts:

Compensation

Data Product Details


Title:

ISS Voting Analytics - Mutual Fund Vote Records

Product Code/Schema:

iss_va_mf

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

2003-07-01 - 2024-06-30

Update Frequency:

Annually

Total Size:

74.94 GiB

Data Last Updated:

May 27, 2025, 3:53 p.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

Global

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance, Institutional Ownership Research

Data Product Details


Title:

ISS Voting Analytics - Shareholder Proposals

Product Code/Schema:

iss_va_shareholder

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

2006-01-01 - 2024-12-31

Update Frequency:

Annually

Total Size:

6.1 MiB

Data Last Updated:

March 20, 2025, 9:31 a.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

Global

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Data Product Details


Title:

ISS Voting Analytics - Company Vote Results Global

Product Code/Schema:

iss_va_vote_global

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

2012-10-20 - 2024-12-31

Update Frequency:

Annually

Total Size:

1.31 GiB

Data Last Updated:

Aug. 6, 2025, 2:39 p.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

Global

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Data Product Details


Title:

ISS Voting Analytics - Company Vote Results US

Product Code/Schema:

iss_va_vote_us

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

2002-02-26 - 2024-12-31

Update Frequency:

Annually

Total Size:

234.3 MiB

Data Last Updated:

Aug. 6, 2025, 2:36 p.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

North America

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Data Product Details


Title:

ISS (formerly RiskMetrics) Directors Data

Product Code/Schema:

risk_directors

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

1993-04-16 - 2024-12-31

Update Frequency:

Annually

Total Size:

169.3 MiB

Data Last Updated:

Jan. 31, 2025, 1:35 p.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

North America

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Data Product Details


Title:

ISS (formerly RiskMetrics) Corporate Takeover Defense and Governance Data

Product Code/Schema:

risk_governance

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

1990-01-01 - 2024-12-31

Update Frequency:

Annually

Total Size:

14.0 MiB

Data Last Updated:

Jan. 31, 2025, 1:34 p.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

North America

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Data Product Details


Title:

ISS (formerly RiskMetrics) Shareholder Proposals (Legacy)

Product Code/Schema:

risk_proposals

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

1997-01-14 - 2024-12-31

Update Frequency:

Annually

Total Size:

9.4 MiB

Data Last Updated:

March 20, 2025, 9:28 a.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

North America

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Data Product Details


Title:

ISS (formerly RiskMetrics) Voting Results (Legacy)

Product Code/Schema:

risk_votes

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

1997-01-01 - 2006-12-31

Update Frequency:

Legacy Data - No Longer Updated

Total Size:

3.5 MiB

Data Last Updated:

March 11, 2010, 12:53 a.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

North America

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Often Paired With:


No related products specified.

Data Product Details


Title:

ISS (formerly RiskMetrics) Trial / Sample Subsets

Product Code/Schema:

risksamp_all

Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

1997-01-01 - 9999-01-01

Update Frequency:

N/A

Total Size:

11.2 MiB

Data Last Updated:

Aug. 6, 2025, 2:10 p.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

No identifiers specified for this product.

Regions:

North America

Concepts:

ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Often Paired With:


No related products specified.