This module downloads esg scores for stocks from Yahoo Finance.
Project description
Yahoo ESG Scores for Python
This module retrieves esg scores and other sustainability information about a company from the yahoo finance website.
Warning: The retrieved data might be outdated. Use at your own risk.
Installation
You can install the library by using:
pip install yesg
Import
import yesg
Get ESG scores and sustainability data
To download all available sustainability information for a company, simply use this:
# All sustainability information about THE BOEING COMPANY
print(yesg.get_esg_full('BA').to_string())
OUTPUT:
Ticker Total-Score E-Score S-Score G-Score Last Rated ESG Performance peer Group Highest Controversy peer Count total Percentile environment Percentile social Percentile governance Percentile related Controversy min peer ESG avg peer ESG max peer ESG min peer Environment avg peer Environment max peer Environment min peer Social avg peer Social max peer Social min peer Governance avg peer Governance max peer Governance min Highest Controversy avg Highest Controversy max Highest Controversy Controversial Business Areas
0 BA 36.6 8.1 19.7 8.8 May 2021 OUT_PERF Aerospace & Defense 4.0 24 78.79 None None None Customer Incidents 24.07 32.06 39.54 5.27 8.631667 11.21 9.94 16.0825 20.83 4.76 7.344583 10.08 0.0 2.416667 4.0 Controversial Weapons, Military Contracting,
Only get ESG scores
To only download the quantitative ESG risk rating of a company, use can use this:
# ESG risk rating from THE BOEING COMPANY
print(yesg.get_esg_short('BA').to_string())
OUTPUT:
Ticker Total-Score E-Score S-Score G-Score Last Rated
0 BA 36.6 8.1 19.7 8.8 May 2021
Return description
Yahoo gets it data from Sustainalytics. They describe their ratings as follows:
"The ESG Risk Ratings measure the degree to which a company’s economic value is at risk driven by ESG factors or, more technically speaking, the magnitude of a company’s unmanaged ESG risks. "
→ The lower the rating, the more sustainable a company is
The dataframe consists of:
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Ticker - Ticker symbol of the company
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Total-Score - Overall ESG risk rating
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E-Score - Environmental risk rating of a company
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S-Score - Social risk rating of a company
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G-Score - Governance risk rating of a company
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Last Rated - The month in which the rating was updated
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ESG Performance - Verbal description of the ESG performance. Translates to 'Negligible' (LAG_PERF), 'Low' (UND_PERF), 'Medium' (AVG_PERF), 'High' (OUT_PERF) and 'Severe' (LEAD_PERF)
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peer Group - Sector of the company
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Highest Controversy - The Highest controversy of the company, compared to the peer group
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peer Count - Size of the peer group
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total Percentile - Percentile of the overall ESG risk rating
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environment Percentile - Percentile of the environmental risk rating
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social Percentile - Percentile of the social risk rating
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governance Percentile - Percentile of the governance risk rating
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related Controversy - Controversies the company was involved in
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peer ESG - min/avg/max overall risk rating within the peer group
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peer Environment - min/avg/max environmental risk rating within the peer group
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peer Social - min/avg/max social risk rating within the peer group
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peer Governance - min/avg/max governance risk rating within the peer group
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Highest Controversy - min/avg/max of the highest controversy within the peer group
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Controversial Business Areas - Controversial business areas in which the company is involved
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