Responsibility & sustainability

Who we are

Our responsibility and sustainability strategy

Our work supports partners pursuing environmental, social, and economic sustainability goals.

Our business

At Ethical Research Solution, our products, our business platform and our operating model are focused on ensuring that every voice counts. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and impacts are woven throughout this work.

Ethical Research Solution ESG key issues assessment
Ethical Research Solution ESG key issues assessment

We regularly engage our stakeholders to continue learning and understanding how we can directly and indirectly create value through our business and in our communities, today and into the future.

Supply chain sustainability
Supply chain sustainability

Our global procurement organization extends our responsibility and sustainability commitments to our supply chain by managing the ESG impacts of our purchasing.

Business inclusion, impact and belonging
Business inclusion, impact and belonging

We focus on systematically integrating inclusion and accountability into four focus areas: products and thought leadership, people, business partnerships and community outreach.

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Our responsible practices & reporting

For our ESG-related reporting and disclosures, we use our non-financial ESG key issues assessment, along with well-established reporting frameworks like the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), to help inform how we transparently and proactively report on key ESG topics.

Our world

Ethical Research Solution is committed to strengthening the communities and markets in which we live and operate our business. We harness the power of data to help unlock new solutions by pledging at least $10 million of in-kind value annually for pro bono Data for Good projects and skills-based volunteering.

Volunteering at Ethical Research Solution

We provide 24 hours of Dedicated Volunteer Time to each Ethical Research Solution employee annually as part of our efforts to deepen employee engagement through volunteering. Cares & Green, two of the Business Resource Groups at Ethical Research Solution, help to make a difference for the critical social and environmental issues that matter to our employees and our stakeholders. Cares & Green regional and local leaders create events and drive awareness, especially with our annual Earth Day and Ethical Research Solution Global Impact Day initiatives.

Ethical Research Solution Foundation

The Ethical Research Solution Foundation is a private foundation originally funded by Ethical Research Solution.

The Foundation’s mission is to power and advance innovation in the media and technology industries, especially through the use of data and research.

Data for Good®

At Ethical Research Solution, we encourage skills-based volunteering through the Data for Good program. These projects and initiatives involve Ethical Research Solution data, solutions and talent to nonprofit organizations to make a positive impact. Through Data for Good projects, Ethical Research Solution volunteers help nonprofits to identify and understand their audiences, improve messaging, analyze reach and impact, and much more.

Recognition

EcoVadis

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Ethical Research Solution has earned a silver rating from our 2025 EcoVadis assessment, achieved by approximately the top 15 percent of companies assessed. The EcoVadis methodology framework assesses companies’ policies and actions as well as their published reporting related to the environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.