10 Questions
What does the Xpressfeed Loader do?
Generates a database schema and structure and loads the data records
What does the Trucost Environmental Data Item List provide?
Table names by package and dataItemIds/data item names/data item definitions
What is described in the S&P Capital IQ Base Files User Guide?
Data structure of the Base Files and integration with other S&P Capital IQ data sets
What does the classification of environmental impacts enable?
Identification of companies generating the greatest absolute and relative environmental impacts
What is the current state of corporate environmental reporting according to the text?
Published disclosure is often incomplete or nonstandard, making it difficult to compare the liabilities of different companies
How does Trucost prioritize companies in its research process?
By the companies' fiscal year
What happens to the Trucost profile and institutionId when a company changes its name?
They remain unchanged
How does a name change for a company affect historical data in Trucost's database?
The new name is referenced against any historical data
What happens to security identifiers (e.g. ISINs) when there is a corporate action resulting in a new corporate entity?
The identifiers remain the same despite relating to a new entity
How does a corporate action affect the mapping of securities to Trucost's data?
Existing mappings remain until Trucost's database has a new profile for the new entity
Learn about Trucost environmental data and how to work with it through Xpressfeed with this user guide. Explore the database structure, data querying, and SQL examples. Access the spreadsheet with table names by package to further understand Trucost environmental data items.
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