ESG Indexes
We offer thousands of ESG equity and fixed income indexes to equip institutional investors with the tools to integrate extra financial considerations into their investment process and portfolios. Our ESG index story began in 1990, with the launch of one of the first socially responsible investing (SRI) indexes.
Target benefitsIndexes to support sustainable investing goals
Screen for controversies, focus on integrated data strategies or target companies seeking specific outcomes.
Indexes leverage over 50 years of experience in ESG ratings and climate data and metrics.
Choose from thousands of ESG equity and fixed income indexes with a range of customization options.
MSCI's sustainability strategy
Screen
Choose from indexes that exclude certain business activities or reduce exposure to highest carbon emitters.
Integrate
Explore indexes representing diversified strategies integrating sustainability data such as ratings into broad-based indexes.
Target
Discover indexes designed to target a specific sustainability theme with a more focused exposure.
Featured indexesChoose the approach that works best for your investment strategy
ESG Leaders Indexes
Designed to represent the performance of companies that have high MSCI ESG Ratings relative to their sector peers.
ESG Screened Indexes
Built to help institutional investors apply the most common exclusionary screens across environmental, social and governance pillars.
ESG Universal Indexes
Designed to target companies that demonstrate both a high and positively trending MSCI ESG Rating, tailored for “universal owners.”
ESG Focus Indexes
Built to target sector-diverse companies with high MSCI ESG Ratings while closely representing the underlying market’s risk and return profile.
MSCI SRI Indexes
SRI equity indexes aim to represent the performance of companies with high ESG ratings across sectors.
Islamic Indexes
Excludes non-Sharia-compliant securities through business activity screening and total asset and market cap financial ratio screens.
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