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Use this search tool to identify whether your company has been invited to participate in this year's assessment. Learn more about the different groups of invited companies below.

2025 CSA Overview

In 2025, S&P Global will invite about 13,000 companies to participate in the CSA.

Each year, S&P Global invites all companies that will receive a public ESG Score to participate in the assessment process. The S&P Global Invited Universe is generally comprised of:

  • Companies that are eligible for the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices (renaming effective February 10, 2025). The underlying rules can be found here.
  • Companies that form part of S&P Dow Jones Indices benchmark indices. The underlying rules can be found here.

S&P Global regularly evaluates its universe of assessed companies so that it stays relevant to the needs of the investment community, for example using the S&P Global Broad Market Index and market capitalization as a reference. S&P Global may add additional, currently non-invited companies to the broader Research Universe. Moreover, non-invited issuers (I.e., individual companies) have the option to solicit a Corporate Sustainability Assessment and obtain an S&P Global ESG Score.

Invited Universe: A rules-based list of companies for which S&P Global S1 is going to perform a Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) on and produce ESG scores on. These companies will be actively contacted (“invited”) to contribute to the assessment process. The Invited universe always refers to a specific methodology year.

Research Universe: All companies for which S&P Global S1 is going to perform a Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) and produce ESG scores, irrespective of their invitation status. This can include companies that are not part of the Invited Universe. The Research Universe always refers to a specific methodology year.

Companies that are invited but decide not to participate may be assessed by S&P Global based on publicly available information, and the resulting Scores and data may be shared via S&P Global platforms. Participation in the CSA is not a prerequisite for eligibility in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices or S&P Scored & Screened Indices.

Official invitations will be sent out between February and June. Companies may also check their invitation status using the search tool above and visit the CSA Portal to book their participation window at any time.

The 2025 CSA cycle opens on April 1. Companies are able to select a participation window that best meets individual reporting schedules, see CSA timeline and log in to the CSA Portal to reserve a spot.

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All companies, including the ones which are currently not covered by our CSA Invited Universe, can access the CSA as a Service and get a Public, Confidential or Provisional (based on hypothetical data) CSA Score. In other words, all companies, including individual issuers, asset managers, as well as private equity or private debt funds, can commission a CSA score on themselves, their subsidiaries, portfolio companies or suppliers. CSA as a Service applies the same rigorous methodology as we do for companies in our invited universe.

Contact our Sustainability Specialists to learn more

Dow Jones Best-in-Class Family

Dow Jones Best-in-Class World
The Dow Jones Best-in-Class World Index tracks the performance of the top 10% of the 2,500 largest companies in the S&P Global Broad Market Index that lead the field in terms of sustainability.


Dow Jones Best-in-Class North America
The Dow Jones Best-in-Class North America Index tracks the performance of the top 20% of the 600 largest Canadian and United States companies in the S&P Global Broad Market Index that lead the field in terms of sustainability.


Dow Jones Best-in-Class Europe
The Dow Jones Best-in-Class Europe Index tracks the performance of the top 20% of the 600 largest European companies in the S&P Global Broad Market Index that lead the field in terms of sustainability.


Dow Jones Best-in-Class Asia Pacific
The Dow Jones Best-in-Class Asia Pacific Index tracks the performance of the top 20% of the 600 largest Australian, Hong Kong, Japanese, Korean, New Zealand and Singaporean companies in the S&P Global Broad Market Index that lead the field in terms of sustainability.


Dow Jones Best-in-Class Emerging Markets
The Dow Jones Best-in-Class Emerging Markets Index tracks the performance of the top 10% of the 800 largest Emerging Markets companies in the S&P Global Broad Market Index that lead the field in terms of sustainability.


Dow Jones Best-in-Class MILA
The index tracks the performance of the top 30% of Chilean, Colombian, Mexican and Peruvian listed companies in the S&P MILA Pacific Alliance Composite that lead the field in terms of sustainability.


Dow Jones Best-in-Class Korea
The Dow Jones Best-in-Class Korea Index is composed of South Korean sustainability leaders as identified through the annual Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA). The index represents the top 30% of the largest 200 South Korean companies in the S&P Global Broad Market Index based on long-term economic, environmental, and social criteria.


Dow Jones Best-in-Class Australia
The Dow Jones Best-in-Class Australia Index tracks the performance of the top 30% of the 200 listed Australian companies in the S&P/ASX 200 that lead the field in terms of sustainability.


Dow Jones Best-in-Class Chile
The Dow Jones Best-in-Class Chile Index tracks the performance of the top 40% of the 40 listed Chilean companies in the Bolsa de Santiago’s IPSA Index that lead the field in terms of sustainability.


S&P Scored & Screened Indices Family

Companies that are not invited for consideration in any Dow Jones Best-in-Class Index but are included in any of the following S&P Dow Jones Indices as of December 31, 2024, are also invited to participate in the CSA.

S&P Dow Jones Indices uses CSA results to create the S&P DJI ESG scores and, in turn, uses these scores to select constituents for the S&P Scored & Screened Index series. Participation in the CSA is not a prerequisite for eligibility in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices or S&P Scored & Screened Indices. Learn more about the S&P Scored & Screened Index series and the selection process.


S&P Brazil BMI
The index is a comprehensive benchmark that defines and measures the investable universe of publicly traded large-, mid-, and small-cap companies domiciled in Brazil, but are legally available to foreign investors.


S&P China A 300 ESG Tilted Index
The S&P China A 300 ESG Tilted Index is designed to measure the performance of constituents in the S&P China A 300 that meet sustainability criteria while attempting to improve the overall S&P DJI ESG Score with respect to the China A 300 by over- or under-weighting companies based on their S&P DJI ESG Scores.


S&P Global 1200
The index captures approximately 70% of global market capitalization; it is constructed as a composite of 7 headline indices, many of which are accepted leaders in their regions. These include the S&P 500® (U.S.), S&P Europe 350, S&P TOPIX 150 (Japan), S&P/TSX 60 (Canada), S&P/ASX All Australian 50, S&P Asia 50 and S&P Latin America 40.


S&P 500
The S&P 500® is widely regarded as the best single gauge of large-cap U.S. equities. According to our Annual Survey of Assets, an estimated USD 15.6 trillion is indexed or benchmarked to the index, with indexed assets comprising approximately USD 7.1 trillion of this total (as of Dec. 31, 2021). The index includes 500 leading companies and covers approximately 80% of available market capitalization.


S&P Global LargeMidCap
Combining the S&P Global LargeCap and S&P Global MidCap indices, the S&P Global LargeMidCap comprises the stocks representing the top 85% of float-adjusted market cap in each developed and emerging country.


S&P Japan 500
The index constituents are drawn from eligible companies listed on the Tokyo, Osaka, or JASDAQ exchanges. Constituents represent the large, mid and smallcap components of the Japanese equity markets.


S&P MidCap 400®Scored & Screened Index
The index is designed to measure the performance of 400 mid-sized U.S. companies.


S&P SmallCap 600®Scored & Screened Index
The S&P SmallCap 600® seeks to measure the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity market. The index is designed to track companies that meet specific inclusion criteria to ensure that they are liquid and financially viable.


S&P/TSX Composite
The index is the headline index for the Canadian equity market. It is the broadest in the S&P/TSX family and is the basis for multiple sub-indices.


S&P Developed Ex-U.S. & Korea LargeMidCap
The index is designed to measure the performance of large- and mid-cap securities in developed markets, excluding the U.S. and Korea.


S&P/ASX 300
The index measures up to 300 of Australia’s largest securities by float-adjusted market capitalization. It covers the large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap components of the S&P/ASX Index Series.


S&P/NZX 50
The index is designed to measure the performance of the 50 largest, eligible stocks listed on the Main Board (NZSX) of the NZX by float-adjusted market capitalization. The index is float-adjusted, covering approximately 90% of New Zealand equity market capitalization.


S&P/BMV Total Mexico
The S&P/BMV Total Mexico Index is designed to serve as a broad benchmark for the Mexican equities market. The index is designed to measure the performance of Mexico-domiciled stocks, including real estate investment trusts (Fideicomiso de Inversión en Bienes Raíces or FIBRAS) and mortgage trusts, that are listed on the BMV and meet certain size and liquidity criteria.

CSA Resources