PLADIFES Project Presentation

PLADIFES is a research infrastructure developed by the Institut Louis Bachelier (ILB) in collaboration with Eurofidai (UAR CNRS 3390). The project originates from two main databases developed: Eurofidai, which provides daily financial data on European stocks, mutual funds, and corporate events, and BEDOFIH, which focuses on high-frequency financial data. Over time, these infrastructures were widely used in quantitative finance research and progressively expanded beyond their initial scope.

With the rise of ESG considerations following the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, the need for reliable environmental and social data became increasingly important. However, researchers faced significant challenges in accessing standardized and consistent ESG information. PLADIFES was created in response to this need. Axis 1 of PLADIFES focuses on ESG databases and artificial intelligence methodologies. This axis aims to improve the availability, quality, and usability of ESG data through both data integration and methodological innovation.

Ongoing projects within Axis 1 include the development of large-scale environmental datasets such as COGEM, which estimates greenhouse gas emissions for more than 47,000 listed companies worldwide. Other works focuse on bottom-up approaches for estimating future carbon emissions, particularly in carbon-intensive sectors such as steel and energy, the development of a critical minerals database, biodiversity data, etc. This axis also developped the ESG data cartography and the Research cartography to map and structure the ESG data and research ecosystem. Since 2025, the program also addresses the use of GenAI in sustainable finance, with developments such as Climate Finance Bench.