How Well Have Companies Aligned with the UN SDGs?
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October 8, 2020
Olga Emelianova 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.
Source: MSCI ESG Research. Learn more about the MSCI SDG Alignment Tool here.
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