The Data-Mining Help Desk for the Corporate Advisory Firm
ESGAUGE is not a ratings agency and does not sell a score. We read what companies actually disclose across the United States, Canada, and Europe, code it to a fixed schema, and report the disclosure rate alongside the value.
The Universe
United States, Canada, and Europe — Russell 3000, S&P 500, S&P/TSX Composite, S&P Europe 350, EURO STOXX, and FTSE constituents.
The deepest and longest-running coverage. Every library is populated for the U.S. market, drawn from SEC filings — proxy statements, 10-Ks, 8-Ks, and sustainability reporting.
Canadian issuers tracked on the same schema as the U.S., so a provision compares like for like across the border — the basis for our cross-border say-on-pay and governance work.
European and UK issuers, with disclosure read from annual reports, remuneration reports, and sustainability statements. Reporting conventions differ by market, so fields are mapped rather than assumed equivalent.
At a Glance
How the Data Is Produced
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Every figure originates in a filed document — proxy statements, 10-Ks, 8-Ks, sustainability and CSR reports. We do not model, estimate, or score.
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Each data point maps to a defined field in a versioned library, so the same provision is captured the same way across thousands of issuers and across years.
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Extraction is assisted by machine reading, but our analysts review and reconcile the output before it enters a library. Disclosure rates are reported alongside every metric, so gaps stay visible.
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You ask an empirical question; we return the dataset, cut to your peer group, sector, or size band. Custom studies, recurring extracts, and dashboards all draw on the same libraries.
Sources
Nothing enters a library from a secondary aggregator. Each data point is coded from the document in which the company made the statement.
DEF 14A proxy statementsUS
Compensation tables, CD&A, governance provisions, and shareholder engagement disclosure.
10-K annual reportsUS
Risk factors, human capital disclosure, and climate-related statements.
8-K current reportsUS
Director and officer changes, plan amendments, and succession announcements.
Management information circularsCanada
Compensation and board-composition disclosure filed on SEDAR+.
Annual and remuneration reportsEurope
European and UK pay, board, and governance disclosure.
Sustainability and CSR reportsAll
Emissions, energy, water, waste, workforce, and framework adherence.
SEC no-action correspondenceUS
Exclusion requests and their dispositions.
N-PX filingsUS
Investor-level voting records and rationales.
Reading the Data
Environmental and social metrics carry a disclosure rate alongside the value, so a gap in reporting is never mistaken for a value of zero.
Severance and equity treatment are captured separately for each of seven scenarios, so provisions compare like for like:
We record which reporting frameworks a company states adherence to, and whether its disclosure carries external assurance.
Next
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