For short sellers, ESG data offers new strategic considerations. But when it comes to reporting the ESG-related impacts associated with short positions, you’d be forgiven for scratching your head. We take a look at the differences between financial and double materiality and what key investors had to say about this brave, new world.

We’ll take you through Russia’s shifting ESG risk profile, the moral dilemma facing social media platforms and the implications for climate change.

Find how government agencies were responsible for over 90% of the new regulations in 2019 and that the number of ESG regulations that apply to investors have risen sharply.

Our team of experts is focused on in-depth research, ratings and analysis of the environmental, social and governance-related business practices of thousands of global companies.

A rotating cast of environmental, social, and governance researchers join hosts Mike Disabato and Bentley Kaplan as they discuss the most pressing news of the week.

As the TNFD gathers momentum, and with a much-anticipated COP15 summit, all eyes are turning to biodiversity data. And then we kick the tires on SPAC-listed EV start-ups in the wake of a recent bankruptcy.

This week we discuss new advances in gene editing techniques and Meta’s USD 400 million fine.

MSCI ESG Ratings provide an assessment of the long-term resilience of companies to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues.

When it comes to ESG reporting and sustainability strategy, it’s clear that companies are stepping up their game – and just in time, as there is an avalanche of disclosure requirements coming their way. It’s coming for investors too, who may find that an energized base of issuers knows a thing or two about ESG data reporting.

The MSCI QSE 20 ESG Index is designed to represent the performance of the top 20 securities within the MSCI Qatar IMI that demonstrate the best ESG profile.