Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. announced plans to launch a new data service that is designed to help investors better assess the environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities in corporations. Increasingly, investors across the world are including ESG risk into their investment decisions, reflecting a view that companies that maintain good metrics in this area may generate stronger returns, deliver lower risk, and adhere to sound management principles. To meet this trend with actionable data, ICE Data Services is adding ESG terms and conditions data to its existing reference data offering for U.S. and international listed corporations. ICE Data Services’ customers will be able to subscribe to receive primary ESG data points, such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reported, board diversity metrics, and nearly 500 other key metrics of ESG-related data. The dataset will be flexible, growing as ESG disclosure evolves. BofA Global Research will serve as ICE’s development partner for this new service and will leverage the offering to enhance its global equity and credit analysis, including ESG-related metrics, incorporated into the fundamental research reports it provides to its clients.