Social Responsibility

MSCI sponsors many outstanding organizations with diversity and inclusive missions, including:

• Pencils of Promise, a global organization that builds schools and creates programs around the goal of education for all.
• MSCI sponsored the Latinos in Finance 11th Annual Finance Bootcamp which educates students on finance careers to expand the pipeline of Latino professionals.
• Oliver Scholars, which prepares high achieving Black and Latino students from underserved New York communities for success at top independent schools and colleges.
• Our New York Philanthropy group has supported and participated in several events with children of incarcerated parents through the organization Children of Promise.
• This past July 2019, MSCI employees across the Americas participated in our second annual Volunteer Month, where employees from each local office volunteered to make a meaningful impact in their communities. Employees from 12 cities came together to support underprivileged children, homeless shelters, elderly communities and our environment.

MSCI sponsors four employee resource groups and we build on this foundation to further a highly inclusive and diverse culture. The groups are the Women’s Leadership Forum, MSCIPride, Black Leadership Network and Eco-Groups. Each group promotes inclusion and diversity with a broad range of actions that include MSCI employees, MSCI clients and our communities. We encourage and empower our employees to create new Employee Resource Groups and establish communities within the firm to help people bring their authentic selves to work.

Guided by a leadership team of seven women that includes the Head of Index and Chief Responsibility Officer as the Executive Sponsor, the Women’s Leadership Forum (“WLF”) promotes leadership skill development. The WLF mission is “Inspiring and Encouraging Leaders”.  

• 23 chapters across 17 countries, headed by 50 leaders plus a newly formed External Engagements and Partnerships Committee of three leaders.
• Celebrated International Women’s Day 2020 through “Walk for Equality” events across the globe.
• MSCI is a Silver level corporate sponsor of Women in ETFs (WE).
• MSCI is a sponsor of Catalyst, a leading non-profit working to “remove barriers and drive change and advance women into leadership.”
• In 2020, a new Women in Tech (WIT) group was launched as part of the WLF, sponsored by our Chief Technology Officer, with a mission to create a community across MSCI for women in technical roles.

MSCI Pride, established in 2018 with a mission to provide LGBT+ employees and allies with a group forum to help create an inclusive culture where all MSCI employees can be their authentic selves by raising awareness through education and community building, engaging with leading LGBT+ organizations and key client partners and advancing MSCI LGBT+ policies and protections around the world.

• Each year, MSCI celebrates Pride Month through local office celebrations of Pride Month as well as educational and some client networking events to mark the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.
• In 2019, MSCI became a member of Out Leadership, which is a global LGBT+ business network for CEOs and multinational companies that runs global executive events, research, and talent accelerators. In 2020, the MSCI NY office hosted an Out Leadership Global Leadership Committee meeting with members from other firms.
• The MSCI Pride Allies Program, sponsored by the CFO, is part of our MSCI Pride employee resource group. The program provides resources and education to inform and empower every employee on how to be an Ally for the LGBT+ community.