Targets and performance
Our 2020/21 performance
ESG Ratings
SSE actively engages with key investor ESG ratings agencies and investor-led initiatives, including S&P’s Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA), the CDP global disclosure framework, Workforce Disclosure Initiative (WDI), MSCI, Vigeo Eiris (V.E), Sustainalytics, Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and the FTSE4Good Index.
2020/21 | 2021/22 | Stable/improved/decreased | |
 | AAA | AAA | Stable SSE is in the top 8% of 139 global utilities (Sep 2021) |
 | 56/100 | 66/100 | Improved SSE has a 79th percentile ranking (Nov 2021) |
| A- | A | Improved SSE is on CDP’s climate change A-list (Feb 2022) |
Water | B | B | Stable SSE scored as ‘Management’ (Dec 2021) |
 | Included | Included | Stable SSE is in the top decile for disclosure (Jan 2022) |
 | 63/100 | 67/100 | Improved SSE scored as ‘Advanced’ (Oct 2021) |
 | 30.1 | 23.2 | Improved SSE is ranked 11th percentile in the Electric Utilities and assessed as having ‘strong’ management of ESG issues (Feb 2022) |
 | Included | Included | Stable SSE has been included in the index series since 2001 (Jun 2021) |
 | Included | Included | Stable SSE has been included since the index since 2018 (Jan 2022) |
Electric Utilities Benchmark | 9.9/20 | 14.4/20 | Improved SSE is ranked 2nd out of 50 keystone electric utilities companies globally (Nov 2021) |
For information on year on year progress please see the latest Sustainability Report.