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MSCI ESG Focus Indexes
MSCI ESG Focus Indexes
The MSCI ESG Focus Indexes are designed to target companies with positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) characteristics while closely representing the risk and return profile of the underlying market. Each index is constructed through an optimization process that aims to maximize its exposure to ESG, subject to a target tracking error and other constraints. The indexes are sector-diversified and are designed to over-weight companies with high MSCI ESG Ratings and under-weight companies with low ratings. Tobacco and Controversial Weapons companies are not eligible for inclusion.
MSCI ESG Focus Indexes methodology
INDEXES
MSCI ESG ENHANCED FOCUS INDEXES
The MSCI ESG Enhanced Focus Indexes aim to maximize their ESG profile and reduce carbon exposure while maintaining risk and return characteristics similar to the underlying parent index.
MSCI ESG Enhanced Focus Indexes Brochure
MSCI ESG Enhanced Focus Indexes Methodology
KEY BENEFITS
- Targets 30% reduction in carbon exposure compared with parent index
- Designed to maintain a broad coverage with similar profile to market cap index
- Aims to maximize exposure to companies with strong ESG profiles
- Excludes exposure to Controversial Weapons and Tobacco Producers
INDEXES
MSCI EXTENDED ESG FOCUS INDEXES
The MSCI Extended ESG Focus Indexes exclude tobacco and controversial weapons companies and those with ties to civilian firearms production and retailing.
The Indexes exclude producers of or ties with civilian firearms and all companies classified as a retailer that earn 5% or more in revenue or more than $20 million in revenue, from civilian firearms-related products.
Starting with the Feb 2020 Quarterly Index Review, the MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index, MSCI USA Small Cap Extended ESG Focus Index, MSCI EAFE Extended ESG Focus Index and MSCI Emerging Markets Extended ESG Focus Index will also exclude companies with thermal coal and oil sands revenue exposure.
Product Insight Brochure: Extended ESG Focus and Choice ESG Screened Indexes
MSCI Extended ESG Focus Indexes Methodology
INDEXES
MSCI Emerging Markets Extended ESG Focus Index
Factsheet (USD) | Factsheet (CAD) | Performance
MSCI USA Small Cap Extended ESG Focus Index
MSCI USA Extended ESG Focus Index
Factsheet (USD) | Factsheet (CAD) | Performance
MSCI EAFE Extended ESG Focus Index
Factsheet (USD) | Factsheet (CAD) | Performance
MSCI Canada IMI Extended ESG Focus Index (Gross/CAD)
MSCI ESG Indexes
MSCI ESG Indexes
The MSCI ESG indexes are designed to support common approaches to ESG investing, and help institutional investors more effectively benchmark to ESG investment performance as well as manage, measure and report on ESG mandates.
The MSCI Principles of Sustainable Investing
The MSCI Principles of Sustainable Investing
A framework designed to illustrate specific, actionable steps that investors can and should undertake to improve ESG integration practices
MSCI ESG Ratings
MSCI ESG Ratings
MSCI ESG ratings is designed to support institutional investors’ growing ESG integration, manager reporting, engagement and portfolio monitoring needs.
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