ESG Investing
ESG
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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.
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Our ESG solutions
ESG ratings1
We help institutional investors understand ESG-driven risk and opportunities.
ESG indexes
Our suite of over 1,000 equity and fixed income ESG Indexes2 are designed to represent some of them most prevalent ESG strategies.
ESG analytics
Explore ESG exposures on 650,000 securities and 8 million derivatives to support security selection, portfolio construction, and much 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.
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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.
ESG governance metrics
As long-term institutional investors, asset owners often look to managers to more fully assess governance-related risks.
ESG controversies
We provide timely and consistent assessments of ESG controversies involving publicly traded companies and fixed income issuers.
ESG screening
Our business involvement screening research enables institutional investors to satisfy client investment mandates, while managing potential ESG portfolio risks.
ESG sustainable impact metrics
We've developed a framework to allow institutional investors to measure their current exposure and identify sustainable impact solutions.
ESG climate change solutions
We offer a suite of tools to help institutional investors benchmark, measure and manage portfolio exposure to climate risks and opportunities.
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.
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.
ESG fixed income solutions
We provide ESG Research for 650,000 equity and fixed income securities globally, and partner on the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI ESG Fixed Income Index Family.
ESG governance metrics
As long-term institutional investors, asset owners often look to managers to more fully assess governance-related risks.
ESG controversies
We provide timely and consistent assessments of ESG controversies involving publicly traded companies and fixed income issuers.
ESG screening
Our business involvement screening research enables institutional investors to satisfy client investment mandates, while managing potential ESG portfolio risks.
ESG sustainable impact metrics
We've developed a framework to allow institutional investors to measure their current exposure and identify sustainable impact solutions.
ESG climate change solutions
We offer a suite of tools to help institutional investors benchmark, measure and manage portfolio exposure to climate risks and opportunities.
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.
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.
ESG fixed income solutions
We provide ESG Research for 650,000 equity and fixed income securities globally, and partner on the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI ESG Fixed Income Index Family.
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Research
Research Paper
MSCI / University of Ulster – Northern Ireland Commercial Property Report 2018
Apr 30, 2019 Research Paper
Assessing Control: Measuring And Assessing The Alignment Between Economic Exposure And Voting Power At Controlled Companies
Apr 25, 2019 Research Paper
The Future of Emerging Markets: 30 Years On from the Launch of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index
Apr 23, 2019Why are wealth managers adopting ESG? We discuss with Merrill Edge
Why are wealth managers adopting ESG? We discuss with Merrill Edge
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Blog
MSCI Blog
ESG investing is here to stay
May 18, 2019 Diana Tidd, Raman Aylur SubramanianHistorically, environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing was about excluding stocks of undesirable companies from portfolios — often because they violated one’s sense of ethics or values. ESG investing has since expanded to include consideration of ESG criteria alongside financial ones. ESG is growing in importance among institutional, wealth and retail investors. In recent years, institutional and high-net-worth investors’ adoption of ESG, along with the subsequent growth in ESG assets under management, has accelerated.
MSCI Blog
Beyond headlines: How markets responded to US-China trade talks
May 9, 2019 Zhen WeiOur analysis suggests that changes in equity-market valuations, analysts’ consensus earnings estimates and data on companies’ revenue exposure are metrics that provided insight into recent market and sector performances.
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