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There have been several dynamics that influenced climate-index performance in 2022. We examine the impact of macroeconomic and financial conditions on risk, return and sectors, as well as the management of low-carbon transition risks.

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Research Report

With no “one fits all” solution, to help investors identify the most suitable climate metrics, we take an in-depth look at MSCI ESG Research’s climate metrics in terms of what they measure, how they are calculated and their potential use cases. 

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MSCI Blog

Broad market-cap weighted indexes might not fully assess climate-objective alignment. We believe that an appropriate parallel benchmark could help illustrate this alignment, improve transparency and allow investors to make more informed decisions.

ESG Climate Solutions

Inflows to ESG funds in 2021 have been heady, but as ESG’s star has risen, so too have questions about its credibility.

As the world’s big companies work to go net zero, downward emissions pressure may become as familiar to suppliers as downward price pressure.

So, once the targets have been set, investors need to urgently shift into a mode where they can affect large-scale decarbonization.

For investors and companies to get where they want to go, they need to know where they are - and if the steps they're taking now will help position them for success in achieving their net-zero goals.

With the question of why answered, we now need to move on to how. And this is trickier.

Chapter two of MSCI’s Net-Zero Now Documentary underscores the risks investors may face if they don’t prepare for a net-zero future.

Net-Zero Now, a documentary by MSCI, examines how decarbonizing the global economy will depend on rechanneling capital.