Preqin ESG Solutions 39 based on a combination of public market ESG data and Preqin’s proprietary alternative markets datasets. Private Company ESG Metrics provide a uni昀椀ed, consistent input to ESG KPIs required in the key frameworks. These include methodologies of Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), the Data Convergence Project, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the EU Taxonomy, and the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The company metrics estimates we currently provide are: • Carbon emissions • Scope 1 CO2 emissions (in tons6) • Scope 2 CO2 emissions (in tons) • Scope 1 + Scope 2 CO2 emissions (in tons) • Water withdrawal • In megaliters (ML) • Employee metrics • Net employee growth (% of average yearly headcount) • Employee volatility (% of average yearly headcount) We expect to improve our estimates over time as either more informative datasets, or the actual data, become available. Where portfolio companies or fund managers provide us with proprietary information, we take the disclosed numbers into account. Preqin Private Company ESG estimates are based on third-party data. They were designed to be instrumental in streamlining risk assessment. These estimates provide investors with metrics that enable them to easily identify which ESG factors pose the greatest risk to a private company. Thus, they ultimately inform investment decisions and foster engagement. They help decision makers with stewardship, maintaining engagement, and keeping the conversation between counterparts in an investment active. On top of this, investors can use them as an input for internal ESG scoring frameworks. Our estimates should not be treated as a replacement for veri昀椀ed data, or as a single input for a portfolio allocation model. 6 metric tons. ↗ Back to Contents