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36 ICE UNVEILS NEW CLIMATE RISK PROPERTY ANALYSIS TOOL Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE), a global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, has launched ICE ESG Geo-Analyzer, which leverages ICE's geospatial data modelling to provide climate risk and social impact data and analytics for properties and communities throughout the United States. ICE's ESG Geo-Analyzer is an on-demand platform that takes user- provided location data including street address, latitude/longitude, or ZIP code, to analyze the climate risk and social impact characteristics surrounding any location or portfolio of properties within the contiguous United States. It can be used to analyze commercial and residential properties, whole loan portfolios and real estate holdings, and the asset-backed securities or business and corporate operations tied to those locations. e ICE ESG Geo-Analyzer is projected to cover additional geographies globally in 2023. "Physical climate risk poses a growing challenge for property owners, investors, and corporations," said Elizabeth King, CRO and President of Sustainable Finance at ICE. "e ESG Geo-Analyzer provides innovative climate risk metrics on multiple types of hazards, including wildfires, hurricanes, droughts, and floods, as well as social impact data on community demographics and affluence, plus over 100 other fields. is data can provide more transparency into a property or group of properties to help inform risk assessments and decision-making." ICE ESG Geo-Analyzer is part of ICE's portfolio of sustainable finance offerings, which includes climate risk data for the municipal bond and mortgage- backed security markets, global equity and fixed income corporate ESG indices, and ICE's environmental markets, where over 100 billion tons of carbon allowances, in excess of 250 million renewable energy certificates, three billion carbon credits, and the equivalent of 1.4 billion-plus Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) have traded. Industry Updates From mergers and acquisitions to cutting-edge tech tools and solutions, here's the company news the industry is talking about this month.