“Regulators and politicians are focusing on the accuracy, transparency and potential for conflicts of interest with sustainability scores.”

[COMMENTARY] The question of who the ESG raters serve is important. More needs to be known as to how they’re funded, what affiliations they have, what conflicts of interest they have — particularly concerning board members — and so on.
ESG ratings: whose interests do they serve? By Kenza Bryan, October 3, 2023, Financial Times, UK.