2021 Junior Data Researcher, ESG Controversy null

The Team:

The Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Research Department are responsible for managing S&P Global's proprietary database, comprising one of the world's most complete datasets on corporate sustainability. The Media and Stakeholder Analysis (MSA) Team is one of 3 major teams in this department. The MSA team prides itself in delivering timely, accurate, and compelling cases to stakeholders to assess the impact of controversies on the company's overall ESG score.

The Impact:

The MSA team will be the expert in their respective industry. Understanding the holistic impact of the controversies affecting companies worldwide. The role closely interacts with the CSA data provided by ESG, by impacting companies in environmental and social issues.

What's in it for you:

We are searching for people that are passionate about sustainability and would like to join a project-focused, international team of like-minded people, driven to deliver excellence in managing the world's most known family of sustainability indices and one of the leading corporate sustainability benchmarking methodologies.

MSA is a dynamic team. In the short time of 12 months, the team has been able to deliver more value to the product by expanding our coverage, expanding our news sources, and adding insights to regional and industry news. You can help in developing this team and add value to what we are able to deliver to clients.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze, create, and assess corresponding cases arising from criticism of the company in media/ news
• Monitor ongoing controversies
• Prepare descriptions of cases that will be sent to companies for their review and input
• Score cases based on MSA proprietary methodology
• Support the writing of periodic reports of a company's involvement in MSA cases
• Collaborate with different stakeholders to finalize company analysis to be presented to a group of senior leaders for implementation

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's/Master's degree or equivalent; an advanced degree in a related field is welcome
• Interest in ESG Issues and a healthy curiosity to uncover corporate involvements in different controversies
• Effective written and spoken communication using the English language
• Excellent attention to detail is required
• Comprehensive research skills focusing on data and fact-based insights
• Effective critical thinking
• Collaborative attitude across different locations

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years of experience in primary/secondary research
• Prior experience in the ESG data ratings and research is added advantage
• Skills in Excel (macros) or Qlik or Tableau or SQL