ESG Data

ESG data is crucial for data-driven decisions, which is why we will focus on its benefits and provide a guide on how to collect ESG data for reports.

In today’s globalized economy, real-time and reliable financial information is vital for businesses, policymakers, and academic researchers. TEJ (Taiwan Economic Journal), with our excellent data quality and professional standards, has long been highly regarded in the field of financial databases in Taiwan. Moreover, scholars have published over a hundred research papers using TEJ data in international journals, highlighting the database’s significance and influence in academic citations.

TEJ has been invited to the 2023 Taiwan Accounting Association Annual Conference on November 30th. In this session, we highlight the significance of sustainable disclosure information and provide an overview of ESG information disclosure among Taiwanese companies.

In the past, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI), Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) and Equator Principles (EP) promoted by the United Nations for the financial industry emphasized that ESG-related factors should be considered in investment and financing positions.To be in line with the promotion of international sustainable finance, the Financial Supervisory Commission released the "Green Finance Action Plan 3.0" in September 2022. It proposed five major promotion directions and emphasized that financial institutions should understand carbon emission conditions related to not only themselves but their investment/ financing portfolios. Evaluating and identifying the possible impact of climate change on individual financial companies and the overall market to promote the development of sustainable finance.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) released the "Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector" report in 2021. More than 130 countries around the world have responded. The same year, my government revised its long-term carbon reduction target to net zero carbon emissions in 2050. And continue to amend the law to improve the climate legal environment, expecting to be in line with international standards and continue to promote sustainable development plans.

With the ESG trend, countries worldwide are setting carbon emission targets one after another, so the trend is to develop sustainable energy. Sustainable energy includes renewable energy, green energy, clean energy, etc. Renewable energy can be considered sustainable energy generated through renewable resources; green energy refers to the energy that provides maximum environmental benefits, and clean energy refers to power generation that cleans the air.

On December 12, 2015, 195 countries worldwide jointly adopted the Paris Agreement, the main objective of which is to make the average temperature of this century compared to the average temperature before the industrial revolution increase by no more than 2 ℃(3.6 °F). Although Taiwan is not one of the signatories, it is still contributing […]

ESG trends in Taiwan will reach another climax in 2022. With the overwhelming presence of advertisements emphasizing corporate ESG, attention to ESG is not only paid internationally and by the requirements of competent authorities, but it even affects consumers’ preference for the enterprise. In the financial industry, in addition to the internal requirements by the […]

The long-anticipated ESG ratings exclusively for companies in Taiwan, TESG, has officially debuted! TESG is an indicator of corporate ESG and is developed especially for “responsible lending” and “responsible investment.” With more than 20 years of research experience in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and quantitative analysis, TEJ will launch the ESG ratings of Taiwan-listed and […]