Active Ownership and Engagement Services
The practice of "active ownership" requires investors to know more about the companies whose shares they own. MSCI ESG Research products detail the what, where and how of a company’s operations. MSCI ESG Custom Consulting provides customized engagement tools to align with investors’ particular strategies and objectives.
- MSCI ESG Industry Reports and Analysis - Provide transparency about corporate activity, identify industry- and region-specific best practices, and can be used to engage with companies to improve corporate ESG performance and disclosure
- MSCI ESG Portfolio Audit and Analytics Services - Evaluate portfolios with respect to globally accepted standards or investor-specific ESG guidelines, providing periodic progress reports on the ESG performance of portfolios
- MSCI ESG Screener and Data Feeds - Filter out companies that do not meet client ESG standards. Using MSCI ESG Screener, clients can also benchmark corporate ESG performance against sector peers to identify leaders and laggards on critical ESG issues. ESG-related proxy and governance services are also available from MSCI’s its wholly-owned subsidiary, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.
- ISS PRI Proxy Compliance - Provides customized proxy policy guidelines and vote recommendations that reflect a client's ESG perspectives
- ISS Proxy Research - Provides comprehensive proxy research and vote recommendations reflecting a variety of policy options
- ISS Social Issues Services - Provides analysis of social and environmental shareholder proposals and other developments influencing corporate social responsibility
- ISS Proxy Voting - Provides full service proxy voting with dedicated account management to ensure votes are executed in accordance with policies
- ISS Vote Disclosure Services - Allow investors to report and communicate their proxy voting decisions through a customized website