How Well Have Companies Aligned with the UN SDGs? intro

How Well Have Companies Aligned with the UN SDGs?

Marking five years since the launch of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), MSCI ESG Research looked at the progress publicly traded companies have made toward aligning their products and operations with these global standards. The MSCI SDG Alignment Tool uses available data on companies’ products and services, practices, policies and performance to measure their degree of alignment with each of the 17 UN SDGs, as of Aug. 11, 2020.

How to interact with this plot: Use the selection menu to define the peer set. Hover over each bar to see the name of the SDG, assessment and number of companies. In addition, we include an aggregate summary of assessments for the peer set.

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Strongly aligned Aligned Misaligned Strongly misaligned

Most Aligned

No Strongly Misaligned assessments on any SDGs
At least 3 SDGs identified as Strongly Aligned
Higher overall number of Aligned SDGs than Misaligned

Aligned

No Strongly Misaligned assessments on any SDGs
Higher overall number of Aligned SDGs than Misaligned

Neutral or Mixed
Misaligned

At least one SDG is assessed as Strongly Misaligned
Higher overall number of Misaligned SDGs than Aligned

Most Misaligned

Three or more SDGs assessed as Strongly Misaligned
Higher overall number of Misaligned SDGs than Aligned