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Company Profile
Inrate is an independent Swiss sustainability rating agency. Since 1990, we have been supporting our clients with in depth knowledge of sustainability research helping them develop, and successfully implement, innovative sustainability solutions. This makes Inrate an integral part of the financial market.
Inrate is owned by Infras AG, the NEST Foundation and by members of the Board of Directors. Independence is ensured by avoiding potential conflicts of interest. We do not advise companies that we assess and we do not exercise asset management mandates.
Inrate is owned by Infras AG, the NEST Foundation and by members of the Board of Directors. Independence is ensured by avoiding potential conflicts of interest. We do not advise companies that we assess and we do not exercise asset management mandates.
History
| 2017 | Inrate takes over the shareholder services of the Corporate Governance Agency Switzerland |
| 2015 | Successful aquisition and integration of zRating - an independent shareholder services provider - into Inrate AG |
| 2014 | Application of the Inrate methodology on real estate ratings |
| 2012 | Introduction of the new "ESG Impact Ratings" - a rating methodology measuring the true impact of products and services |
| 2011 | Inrate rates all countires world wide |
| 2010 | Mergering of Centre Info and INrate to Inrate AG |
| 2009 | Development of the first methodology to assess the sustainability of private equity investments |
| 2009 | Centre Info is the first provider of full research on EM companies |
| 2006 | INrate launches the first thematic research on fundamental sustainability trends – water, climate change, consumption, mobility, while the same year Centre Info was the first agency providing global coverage of emerging market companies |
| 2005 | Centre Info launches envIMPACT, the first methodology to assess the climate change impact of companies over the entire value chain of their activities |
| 1998 | INrate develops the Best in Service analysis approach that formally creates new incentives for the required structural change toward a sustainable way of doing business |
| 1995 | The Swiss pension fund NEST and the sustainability research institute INFRAS establish a foundation for sustainable investment research (subsequently named INrate) |
| 1994 | Centre Info pioneered the first methodology for corporate sustainability assessments based on the premises of the Brundtland Commission Report |
| 1990 | Centre Info start as think-tank of the Duchemin foundation whose aim is to foster sustainable development |
