The S-Factor provides the deepest set of social impact data currently available on the market, and delivers it in a platform that is completely customizable to suit client’s needs.
As subject matter experts and veterans in measuring social impact around the world, we help the SRI/ESG, alternative data market, asset managers, and investors make more informed and impactful investment decisions.
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Testimonials
"It is the most comprehensive and systematic rating system the sector has ever seen."
"They have effectively taken years of in-depth experience and reams of boots-on-the-ground learning to build data sets and market signals to help the broader regulatory and investment industry leaders assess how companies perform in critical areas of social responsibility."
"Her work on the MSPI Index was an innovation way ahead of its time, that others since have tried to build upon."
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History
2010
Created the World’s First Social Performance Index (MSPI). Evaluating TSX listed Mining and Metals companies. At the time, less than 2% of TSX companies qualified for the index criteria.
2012
Published the World’s First Social Performance Index (2011) with launch sponsorship from Scotiabank and Fasken Martineau LLP.
2014 - 2015
The consulting practice opens an office in Lima, Peru.
2016
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, (Ex-Chairman Royal Dutch Shell, Chairman United Nations Global Compact, Board Member Saudi Aramco, Hermes Investments, FTSE), endorsed the MSPI as “the most comprehensive, systematic ESG rating system the sector has ever seen.”
2017
Thomson Reuters / Lipper promote the MSPI through the Reuters Financial Risk summit.
2017
S-Factor prototypes mining analytics with clientele and soft launch.
2018
S-Factor files IP in Canada and the US for strategic protection through growth in the sector.
2020
The S Factor Co. launches its COVID-19 Pandemic Dataset, monitoring how companies are responding to the crisis. The pandemic pushes ESG, and more specifically the “S,” or social data to the forefront of market considerations.
2020
The S Factor Co. becomes a member of the Canadian Association of Alternative Strategies & Assets (CAASA).
2009
Established MacCormick Inc. as an expert advisory practice in Social Impact Measurement and Management, advising corporates, governments, financial institutions and NGO clientele.
2011 - 2015
The firm expanded its consulting operations into South America (Argentina, Peru and Colombia), Africa (Burkina, Mali and South Africa) and Europe - completing 35 project across 8 countries.
2013
Published the 2nd Edition of the World’s First Social Performance Index (2012).
2016
The S Factor Co., a subsidiary of MacCormick is launched, automating the MSPI and transforming the company into a data and analytics provider. Taking ESG data 100-layers deeper on social factors.
2017
S-Factor partners with S&P Market Intelligence for financial data and analytics
2017
S-Factor was approved as a member of the Social Stock Exchange, now the Impact Investment Network following the ratification of its impact report, UK.
2018
The S Factor Co. scales data & analytics coverage to total universal public coverage.
2019
The S Factor Co. closes SEED round of funding, further enhances product function and features, begins client trials and grows the data team.
2020
The S-Factor product is approved for its compliance with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and is authorized to market as SASB qualified product.
2020
S-Factor CEO records her first TED talk on The Social Impact of Math, introducing the S-Factor’s Theory of Change. That is value creation for the performance of the social factors™.
What We Do
The S-Factor provides social impact information, company ratings and rankings, and an index product which measure companies’ financial performance in relation to their social impact.
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