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Infrastructure investors similarly struggle with the volume of bespoke ESG data requests from their LPs, while helping their portfolio companies navigate an increasingly complex set of Sustainability and industry frameworks. Infrastructure funds seek meaningful private market data for insight on their relative performance on key Sustainability dimensions.

In 2024, an EDCI working group determined that the core EDCI metrics are fully relevant for Infra funds. With some slight adjustment to data submission fundamentals (e.g., asset stage changed to if it is in development or operational), the initiative now welcomes Infrastructure funds to join, contribute data and access the benchmark and insights. 

Private Credit firms are increasingly needing to understand the ESG characteristics of the companies to which they are lending – both to enable their reporting requirements, and also to improve the quality of their investment decision making, effectively linking the cost of borrowing to the risk of the underlying assets. However, historically private credit funds have struggled to access this data, due to a lack of convergence around what to measure.

The EDCI has accelerated convergence around core ESG metrics for the private markets and is improving the availability of consistent, clearly defined, performance-based data. Private credit funds can now join the initiative as contributing members and benefit from accessing the EDCI benchmark, alongside requesting ESG data directly from participating GPs.

LPs have historically been unable to see meaningful, performance-based, and comparable ESG data across their portfolios.

The EDCI provides LPs with greater transparency on their portfolios by enabling industry-wide convergence on ESG metric collection and data submission. In addition, LPs can more effectively engage with their GPs based on an understanding of GP performance relative to the broader industry while requesting and accessing ESG data from their GPs directly in the EDCI platform.

Driving client engagement, increasing analytical functionality, and developing strategic partnerships are critical for ESG Data Platforms seeking to grow their business.

The EDCI offers Inbound and Outbound APIs which enable Data Platforms to connect with the EDCI to streamline EDCI data submissions for their clients while harnessing the benchmark’s data to unlock insights and increase engagement with EDCI member clients. Platforms are welcome to connect to one or both APIs.