Welcome to ABC Score™ Lab


A New Chapter in Financial Transparency and Informed Decision-Making

Global PSSL CIC is entering a new phase, with ABC Score™ Lab (Assess–Balance–Calibrate) becoming our principal workstream. The Lab will develop and test practical approaches to strengthen transparency, governance and informed decision-making across the wider financial system.

As part of this transition, we have suspended the Global PSSL Secretariat, College of Advisors and existing working teams. The Global PSSL Principles remain in place, while ABC Score™ will continue to be maintained and developed.

We will be refreshing this website soon to reflect our new direction and the broader work of ABC Score Lab.

Read our full press release in the News & Press section →

Short-selling

Standards and Recommendations

Short-selling

Global PSSL collaborated with several short sellers to develop a first recommendation on how to enhance activist short selling with ESG thinking to weed out greenwashing and social washing. This standard was launched at an event moderated by Billy Nauman at Financial Times with participation from a senior researcher at the World Bank.

Key publication:

First Global PSSL Market Standard: ESG Short Activism

30 March 2021

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launch presentation

Supporting publications:

Introducing ESG Criteria in Developing Countries Banking Sectors

Davide S. Mare (World Bank and University of Edinburgh)

30 March 2021

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Progress reports:

Progress report 9/2020  – Global PSSL CEO governance decision on workstreams. Strategic appointments.

14 December 2020

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Progress report #3-2021
Strategic appointment.
CSA Consultation Paper 25-403 – Activist Short Selling: Global PSSL Response.

8 March 2021

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