ESG Standards and Integrated Project Security Assessment (Expertise)

The active integration of ESG assessment into business processes of various states is drawing attention to the issue of developing an integrated rating system for various types of project activities, depending on the level of non-financial risks in the environmental, social and corporate environment in the Russian Federation. The author raises a question on the risks of the rating procedure for information obtained due to the ESG assessment. Following the studied foreign experience, the types of project safety assessment are determined depending on the different bases of differentiation. Based on the results of the analysis, the author makes a conclusion about the preference for a personal choice of a particular assessment model, depending on the purpose of the assessment. The author also concludes that there are no clearly established regulatory grounds for differentiating ESG assessment methods, and therefore each sovereign entity has the right to develop its own types and methods for assessing project safety, adhering to the general ESG concept aimed at sustainable development of economies around the world.

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