What is Act Analytics API?
Introduction
News is a powerful source of ESG information. We use real-time, natural language processing to identify companies in news stories, identify sub-narratives, and analyze grammar, topics, and sentiment.
ESG Category Guide
Environmental
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Social
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Governance
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Emissions, climate change, waste and hazardous waste, energy efficiency, renewable energy.
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Natural resources, natural disasters, environment, ecosystem conservation, animals.
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Human access to clean water, water pollution, issues about water and bodies of water, wetlands.
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Fair labor, opportunities, strikes, unions, workplace health and safety, slavery, child labor.
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Gender equality, LGBTQ, sex crimes, discrimination, racism, minorities, poverty, social services, charity.
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Fundamental legal and civil rights, censorship and freedom of speech, genocide, human trafficking, political and civil demonstrations.
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Public health, food regulations, addiction and mental health, access to medicine, treatment of disease.
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Corporate crimes, litigation, regulations, antitrust, insider trading, corruption and bribery.
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Shareholders, earnings, restructuring, dividends and stock events, mergers and acquisitions, corporate meetings and report.
Score Guide
A score of fifty is neutral. Any score below fifty is negative, zero being the most negative. Any score above fifty is positive, one hundred being the most positive.
0
Most negative
Most negative
12.5
25
37.5
50
Neutral
Neutral
62.5
75
87.5
100
Most positive
Most positive