At Nasdaq, we are committed to reimagining the capital markets for a better tomorrow, making them more sustainable and inclusive by advancing liquidity, transparency and integrity throughout the global financial system.
Nasdaq’s approach to ESG is focused both internally – by managing our businesses’ ESG-related risks and opportunities and the corresponding impact we have as an organization across our own operations – and externally – by the impact we have on the world through the focused ESG products and services that support our clients’ objectives, as well as the wider economic and societal impact across other key parts of our business and operations.
The most successful sustainability initiatives are those that can be upheld for the long-term, and the
groundwork we laid in recent years will help us do just that. I am confident that we will continue to build on our momentum — letting our past achievements fuel future successes and delivering even greater impact for our clients and for communities around the world.
Nasdaq's Corporate ESG Program
Every day, we are dedicated to driving meaningful sustainability efforts and deepening our culture of inclusion and belonging, as well as continuing to lead with best practice governance policies.
Nasdaq Corporate ESG Resource Center
Accurate and transparent disclosure is a cornerstone of Nasdaq's corporate ESG strategy
Nasdaq Supplier Sustainability
Supporting suppliers that align with our corporate mission and purpose
Decarbonization & Climate Strategy
Nasdaq has set short- and long-term net zero science-based targets, which have been verified and approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), and strives to achieve carbon neutrality annually.
Reporting & Rating
Nasdaq maintained industry leading ESG scores across multiple rating agencies in 2023, reflecting our continued commitment to advancing ESG best practices and providing stakeholders with timely and transparent ESG reporting.
Signatory
We are a signatory of UN Global Compact and the UN Principles of Responsible Investment.
Making an Impact
The Purpose Initiative
Advancing economic progress for all by creating more equitable opportunities and contributing to a more sustainable world.
Nasdaq Foundation
Equipping under-represented communities with the financial knowledge to share in the wealth that markets create.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Creating a culture of belonging and equality in the workplace by attracting and retaining a diverse workforce.
Nasdaq Goodworks
Identifying new philanthropic and employee volunteer opportunities with local charities and non-profit organizations that promote diversity in entrepreneurship and investor engagement
Our ESG Solutions
From our position at the intersection of capital markets and technology, we also have an important role to serve as the bridge between corporates and investors as they navigate the complexity of an evolving ESG landscape.
Corporate Solutions
Streamline sustainability and impact journeys
- ESG Advisory Program: Pairing consulting engagement with ESG expertise to help companies analyze, assess and action best-practices ESG programs with the goals of attracting long-term capital and enhancing value.
- Nasdaq Metrio™: An end-to-end sustainability reporting software-as-a-service (SaaS) that is fully scalable to your needs.
- Nasdaq Sustainable Lens™: Shaped by experts, powered by AI. Spend more time focused on strategic work by leveraging software to instantly answer questions, assess competitive positioning across any number of companies, monitor emerging trends, and ensure decision making is deeply evidence-based.
- Nasdaq eVestment's ESG Questionnaire: The new ESG questionnaire offers more robust quantitative and qualitative data, providing a deeper understanding of how ESG managers implement their approaches and what drives their decision making process.
- Listing of Sustainable Bonds: Raise debt capital for investment with clear benefits to the environment or social sustainability.
- Nasdaq Green Designations: Nasdaq Green Designations support equity issuers on Nasdaq European markets with their green business models and strategies.
- Puro.earth: The world’s leading crediting platform for engineered carbon removal.
- Nasdaq Technology for Carbon Venues: Trade, issue, settle and take custody of carbon credits with Nasdaq's cloud-based technology custom build for carbon markets.
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- ESG Advisory Program: Pairing consulting engagement with ESG expertise to help companies analyze, assess and action best-practices ESG programs with the goals of attracting long-term capital and enhancing value.
- Nasdaq Metrio™: An end-to-end sustainability reporting software-as-a-service (SaaS) that is fully scalable to your needs.
- Nasdaq Sustainable Lens™: Shaped by experts, powered by AI. Spend more time focused on strategic work by leveraging software to instantly answer questions, assess competitive positioning across any number of companies, monitor emerging trends, and ensure decision making is deeply evidence-based.
- Nasdaq eVestment's ESG Questionnaire: The new ESG questionnaire offers more robust quantitative and qualitative data, providing a deeper understanding of how ESG managers implement their approaches and what drives their decision making process.
- Listing of Sustainable Bonds: Raise debt capital for investment with clear benefits to the environment or social sustainability.
- Nasdaq Green Designations: Nasdaq Green Designations support equity issuers on Nasdaq European markets with their green business models and strategies.
- Puro.earth: The world’s leading crediting platform for engineered carbon removal.
- Nasdaq Technology for Carbon Venues: Trade, issue, settle and take custody of carbon credits with Nasdaq's cloud-based technology custom build for carbon markets.
Investor Solutions
Enable data-driven impact investment decisions
- Nasdaq eVestment ESG Analytics: Unlock greater transparency for the global institutional market so investors can make better data-driven impact investment decisions.
- ESG Data Hub: Connecting pioneering ESG data providers with the global investment community, providing ESG intelligence on otherwise unseen segments of global markets.
- ESG Footprint: Measure the global sustainability effect of a portfolio and individual securities. Through an intuitive platform, investors and managers have access to the real-life effects of each investment, along with alternatives that may better suit specific sustainability goals.
- Green Equity Indexes: Complete family of environmental indexes.
- Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Network: Access green, social and sustainability bond data. The Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Network connects issuers of sustainable bonds with investors, empowering them to evaluate impact and make informed investment decisions on sustainable bonds.
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- Nasdaq eVestment ESG Analytics: Unlock greater transparency for the global institutional market so investors can make better data-driven impact investment decisions.
- ESG Data Hub: Connecting pioneering ESG data providers with the global investment community, providing ESG intelligence on otherwise unseen segments of global markets.
- ESG Footprint: Measure the global sustainability effect of a portfolio and individual securities. Through an intuitive platform, investors and managers have access to the real-life effects of each investment, along with alternatives that may better suit specific sustainability goals.
- Green Equity Indexes: Complete family of environmental indexes.
- Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Network: Access green, social and sustainability bond data. The Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Network connects issuers of sustainable bonds with investors, empowering them to evaluate impact and make informed investment decisions on sustainable bonds.
News & Insights
Global Carbon Market Survey ->
Nasdaq's global survey, produced in partnership with the ValueExchange, examines the voluntary carbon market ecosystem, with responses from over 130 decision-makers across project owners, financial investors, commercial banks, brokers, and market operators.
