Financial information and advisory services involving client counseling related to environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") topics, namely, using a proprietary framework based on proprietary advice and research to facilitate ESG comparable analyses by clients of each company in a portfolio, using a proprietary assessment to determine a proprietary score related to the confidence level for ESG commitment of each company in a portfolio, providing clients a proprietary score associated with a confidence level related to ESG commitment of each company in a portfolio for use by client in making investment decisions, and providing clients with information related to ESG commitment of each company in a portfolio for use by client in making investment decisions