ESG

Powering better investments to build a better world
ESG Investing
Companies with strong ESG profiles may be better positioned for future challenges and experience fewer instances of bribery, corruption, and fraud. Learn how our MSCI ESG Research and solutions can provide insights into ESG risks and opportunities within multi-asset class portfolios.

Nested Applications

Nested Applications

What is ESG?

The MSCI Principles of Sustainable Investing

Product cards with image

Our ESG Solutions
Download the Brochure

ESG Ratings1

We help institutional investors understand ESG-driven risk and opportunities.
Learn More

ESG Indexes

Our suite of over 1,500 equity and fixed income ESG indexes2 are designed to represent some of the most prevalent ESG strategies.
Learn More

ESG and Analytics

Explore ESG exposures on 650,000 securities and 8 million derivatives to support security selection, portfolio construction, and much more.
Learn More

ESG Ratings footnotes


1 ESG data, research and ratings are produced by MSCI ESG Research LLC.

2 ESG data, research and ratings are produced by MSCI ESG Research LLC and are used as an input to the MSCI ESG indexes, calculated by MSCI, Inc.


award

 

 

MSCI Wins PRI Research Award

MSCI wins the 2020 Principles for Responsible Investment ESG Research Report of the Year award.
 

Learn More


Product card without image

Learn More about our ESG Solutions

Our team of experts is focused on in-depth research, ratings and analysis of the environmental, social and governance-related business practices of thousands of global companies.

 

Download a summary of our main ESG Research solutions

Our ESG Solutions are available on leading distribution channels and platforms. Explore more

ESG Governance Metrics

As long-term institutional investors, asset owners often look to managers to more fully assess governance-related risks.
Learn More

ESG Controversies

We provide timely and consistent assessments of ESG controversies involving publicly traded companies and fixed income issuers.
Learn More

ESG Screening

Our business involvement screening research enables institutional investors to satisfy client investment mandates, while managing potential ESG portfolio risks.
Learn More

Impact Solutions

A suite of tools designed to help investors seeking to measure, manage and report on impact in their portfolios and investments.
Learn More

Climate Solutions

We offer a suite of tools to help institutional investors benchmark, measure and manage portfolio exposure to climate risks and opportunities.
Learn More

ESG Fund Ratings

We provide the critical transparency necessary to understand, measure and report on the ESG characteristics of more than 32,000 mutual funds and ETFs.
Learn More

ESG AGR Model

Our accounting and governance risk model is designed to help institutional investors, insurers and other financial institutions understand and manage accounting risk.
Learn More

ESG Fixed Income Solutions

ESG Fixed Income Solutions are designed for institutional investors looking to integrate ESG factors into the investment process, identify ESG-driven investment risks, or screen companies in alignment with values or mandates.
Learn More

ESG Reporting Service

The service is designed to make reporting on the ESG characteristics of portfolios easier, more comprehensive, and more frequent.
Learn more

ESG Governance Metrics

As long-term institutional investors, asset owners often look to managers to more fully assess governance-related risks.
Learn More

ESG Controversies

We provide timely and consistent assessments of ESG controversies involving publicly traded companies and fixed income issuers.
Learn More

ESG Screening

Our business involvement screening research enables institutional investors to satisfy client investment mandates, while managing potential ESG portfolio risks.
Learn More

Impact Solutions

A suite of tools designed to help investors seeking to measure, manage and report on impact in their portfolios and investments.
Learn More

Climate Solutions

We offer a suite of tools to help institutional investors benchmark, measure and manage portfolio exposure to climate risks and opportunities.
Learn More

ESG Fund Ratings

We provide the critical transparency necessary to understand, measure and report on the ESG characteristics of more than 32,000 mutual funds and ETFs.
Learn More

ESG AGR Model

Our accounting and governance risk model is designed to help institutional investors, insurers and other financial institutions understand and manage accounting risk.
Learn More

ESG Fixed Income Solutions

ESG Fixed Income Solutions are designed for institutional investors looking to integrate ESG factors into the investment process, identify ESG-driven investment risks, or screen companies in alignment with values or mandates.
Learn More

ESG Reporting Service

The service is designed to make reporting on the ESG characteristics of portfolios easier, more comprehensive, and more frequent.
Learn more

Dynamic content cards

Research
Research Paper

Flooding in the Yangtze River Basin Threatens Mines and Power Plants

Sep 21, 2020 BLOCK Samuel, KARADZHOVA Velina, MOLLOD Gillian
Research Paper

Combining E, S, and G Scores: An Exploration of Alternative Weighting Schemes

Sep 2, 2020 LEE Linda-Eling, GIESE Guido, NAGY Zoltan
Research Paper

Comparing Risk and Performance for Absolute and Relative ESG Scores

Aug 24, 2020 SAYANI Ankit, KAPLAN Bentley
Research & Insights

Why are Wealth Managers Adopting ESG? We Discuss with Merrill Edge

Why are wealth managers adopting ESG? We discuss with Merrill Edge

webinar
Loading Why are Wealth Managers Adopting ESG? We Discuss with Merrill Edge...

award

 

 

MSCI Wins PRI Research Award

MSCI wins the 2020 Principles for Responsible Investment ESG Research Report of the Year award.
 

Learn More


Dynamic content cards

Blog
MSCI Blog

Zombies on Board: Investors Face the Walking Dead

Oct 28, 2020 Ric Marshall

Investors may think that zombies live only in people’s imaginations, but these brain-munching monsters can haunt corporate boardrooms for years, eating away at a fundamental shareholder right: the right to duly elected representation.

Learn more
MSCI Blog

Aligning with the Paris Agreement: An Index Approach

Oct 22, 2020 Stuart Doole, Véronique Menou, Kumar Neeraj

Institutional investors are under pressure to align their strategies with a maximum global temperature increase of 1.5oC as targeted by the Paris Agreement. We examine how they can approach this while respecting other investment constraints.

Learn more
Blog archive

Legislation

MSCI ESG Research LLC. is a Registered Investment Adviser under the Investment Adviser Act of 1940. The most recent SEC Form ADV filing, including Form ADV Part 2A, is available on the U.S. SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.

MIFID2/MIFIR notice: MSCI ESG Research LLC does not distribute or act as an intermediary for financial instruments or structured deposits, nor does it deal on its own account, provide execution services for others or manage client accounts. No MSCI ESG Research product or service supports, promotes or is intended to support or promote any such activity. MSCI ESG Research is an independent provider of ESG data, reports and ratings based on published methodologies and available to clients on a subscription basis.  We do not provide custom or one-off ratings or recommendations of securities or other financial instruments upon request.

ESG ADV 2A
ESG ADV 2B (brochure supplement)

 

 

1 Climate Data and Metrics, Climate Risk Reporting and Scenario Analysis are provided by MSCI ESG Research LLC. MSCI ESG Indexes and Analytics utilize information from, but are not provided by, MSCI ESG Research LLC. MSCI Equity Indexes are products of MSCI Inc. and are administered by MSCI UK Limited.

2 Source: https://www.unepfi.org/news/industries/investment/changing-course-unep-fi-and-twenty-institutional-investors-launch-new-guidance-for-implementing-tcfd/

3 https://firststreet.org/press/rising-seas-swallow-403-million-in-new-england-home-values/

4 https://www.seia.org/solar-industry-research-data

5 https://www.ibtimes.co.in/watch-india-unveils-ambitious-plan-have-only-electric-cars-by-2030-724887

6 https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2020/01/08/553871.htm

7 https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/

Learn about the MSCI Difference

Regulation

We use cookies to optimize site functionality and give you the best possible experience. Learn More

Cookie Preferences

Accept all cookies

This website uses cookies to remember users and understand ways to enhance their experience.

For more information, please visit our Cookie Notice.

Strictly Necessary, Functionality and Performance Cookies

We use cookies to enable you to move around our website and use its features, to provide you with functionality by remembering choices you make and provide enhanced features, and to learn how our website is performing and make improvements.

For more information, please visit our Cookie Notice.

Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our website. These cookies collect only non-personal information, and give us aggregate, non-identifiable insights into how our website is being used. Please note, if you accept our marketing cookies (as described below), we may also be able use Google Analytics to report website usage statistics about you individually.

For more information, please visit our Cookie Notice

Marketing Cookies

Our marketing cookies let us to know when you interact with our marketing communications. In addition, if you submit an online form to us (e.g., email subscribe, Contact Us, event registration, etc.), we use these cookies to identify your navigation activities on our websites.

Our Client Support site cookies let us know when our registered clients visit our Client Support site, and help us see their navigation activities on our websites.

For more information, please visit our Cookie Notice