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Global Cluster Munitions Legislation and Implications for InvestorsThis article reviews the international and country‐specific cluster munitions mandates, including recent developments in the Netherlands, and provides a focused view on the legislation prohibiting investments, where direct investments refers to a financial institution that buys shares or bonds of a company for their own account and indirect investments refers to a financial institution that buys shares or bonds of a company on behalf of a third party, for example, the purchase of one or...
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Shale Gas and Hydraulic Fracturing in the US: Opportunity or Underestimated Risk?Shale gas presents a huge new potential investment opportunity and could possibly transform the US energy market. However, financial returns from shale gas face pressure due to emerging environmental liabilities, community opposition that limits access to resources, recoverable reserves uncertainties, and natural gas price volatility.Based on MSCI ESG Research’s assessment of companies’ performance on environmental issues, we believe that companies with poor historical performance...
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Newsletter
ESG Update - September 2011Online Version | Contact Us ESG UpdateFrom MSCI | September 2011» Change Preferences Client Announcements & UpdatesMSCI ESG ManagerMSCI has added MSCI ESG IVA ratings to the MSCI ESG Manager platform. The new and flexible MSCI ESG Manager platform now includes MSCI ESG IVA, Impact Monitor, and Business Involvement Screening Research, MSCI's full suite of ESG research, analysis and ratings products… Read moreMSCI ESG IVAIn September, MSCI ESG...
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MSCI ESG Research Expands Company Controversies Coverage to Emerging MarketsPDF
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ESG Update - August 2011Online Version | Contact Us ESG UpdateFrom MSCI | August 2011» Change Preferences Client Announcements & UpdatesMSCI ESG IVAIn August, MSCI ESG Research has published MSCI ESG IVA Industry Reports and Methodology Documentation* for the following industries:Apparel RetailAerospace & DefenseAir Freight & LogisticsBroadcasting & Cable TVHousehold & Personal ProductsMarine TransportRetail – Asia PacificMulti-utilities & Unregulated...
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Potential Investment Implications of Chemical Regulation in the Consumer and Retail SectorsStrengthening chemicals-related legislation and an increasing consumer interest in health and wellness are putting heightened pressure on consumer companies to remove hazardous chemicals from their products. Despite strong lobbying campaigns against regulatory reforms and uncertainties around the actual stringency of future restrictions, consumer trends indicate heightened concerns as evidenced by a 200-fold increase in the number of articles in online forums referring to substances such as...
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MSCI ESG Thematic Report - Australian Carbon Tax ImpactOn 10 July 2011, the Australian government announced its Clean Energy Future proposal - comprised of a carbon tax to commence in July 2012, transitioning to an emissions trading scheme after three years, and accompanied by a range of industry and household assistance measures. In the lead up to the announcement, one of the most debated issues had been the appropriate level of assistance to emissions-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) industries. Competing in international markets, individual...
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Measuring the Managers: How the Asset Management Industry Integrates ESGThe world of investment is changing: asset owners and managers have become increasingly aware of the potential risk and value impact of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, and their potential effect on an investment profile. The sudden impact of large scale events, many of which are not just caused by financial mismanagement per se, have lead to billions in aggregate lost retirement savings. The aftershocks of these events are steadily eroding aspects of the old guard’s...
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Integrating Technology and Data Security Risk into the Investment ProcessProviding IT services increasingly means storing, analyzing, and sometimes selling vast sets of data, a large portion of it personal. 90% of the data that exists in the world was just created in the past two years(1). It includes items like social networking posts, YouTube videos, email, financial records and purchase histories, health records, web browsing and search habits, and real-time locations. However, as the cost of data breaches and privacy controversies continue to rise each year,...
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Newsletter
ESG Update - July 2011ESG Update From MSCI | July 2011 Online Version Contact Us ESG Events CalendarClient Announcements and UpdatesResearch Report - Australian Carbon Tax ImpactESG Integration in the Asset Management IndustryIndustry in Focus - Best Practices in Product Chemicals Management ESG Events CalendarMSCI ESG Research / UK SIF partner seminar on the 'UK Bribery Act'23 August 2011, LondonSeminar Register todayBest Practices in Product Chemicals...