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Good Jobs Rating

The Good Economy developed the Good Jobs Rating for investors looking to assess the contribution of company employment to wider society. This powerful data analytics tool means investors, for the first time, can now align and track their investment performance against UN Sustainable Development Goal 8. SDG 8 is particularly important because of its strong inter-linkages with other SDGs.

The need to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has become a universal concern for governments, business leaders and investors. The Good Jobs Rating fills a current vacuum in SDG 8 data and analytics.

We developed the Good Jobs Rating through a two-year collaboration with Sycamore Asset Management. Testing our solution on a real-world portfolio with a leading responsible investor that focuses on human capital and good jobs has enhanced the Rating’s functionality and relevance to all investor users.

Key Features

  • Internationally recognised metrics that are consistent, comparable and standardised
  • Overall scores for easy comparison
  • Direct and indirect employment analysis
  • Sector relative insight across the model
  • Global and regional employment footprints mapped
  • Company reporting rated against Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards

Key Benefits

  • Applicable to listed and non-listed businesses, across all geographies
  • Compare scores across companies, sectors and geographies
  • A stand-alone rating or a complement to existing ESG analysis
  • Useful for pre or post investment screening and assessment
  • Increases scope for investor engagement and dialogue on workforce issues
  • Customised solution packages available

Who is the Good Jobs Rating for?

We recommend the Rating as an essential positive screening and analysis tool within broader ESG and impact analysis to help identify investment opportunities with a positive contribution to good jobs.

These could be:

  • Public equities investment managers
  • Banks with a focus on SME lending
  • Private equity investors
  • Asset owners

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