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Meggin Thwing Eastman
Research Editorial Director
About the Contributor
Meggin Thwing Eastman, as Research Editorial Director for MSCI ESG Research, is responsible for global editorial strategy and oversight for ESG research content. She has authored numerous research insights and guidance for asset owner and asset managers seeking to incorporate ESG considerations into their investment process. Human capital management and corporate gender diversity are areas of particular focus. Recent publications include Silicon Valley’s Women (on Boards) Problem, Institutional Investing for the SDGs (co-authored with the OECD) The Right Stuff: Talent Management and Innovation, Women on Boards and the Human Capital Connection, Bitter Pills: The US Opioid Crisis and Potential Impact on Healthcare Companies, Investor Responses to Gun Violence in the US, The State of Investing for SDG Impact Through Public Equities, and Has Gender Pay Parity Arrived in the Executive Suite? Meggin has worked in the ESG field since joining the former KLD Research & Analytics in 1998. Meggin holds a Bachelor of Arts from Williams College and an MA from the University of California, Berkeley.
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2021 ESG Trends to Watch
Dec 7, 2020 Arne Philipp Klug , Linda-Eling Lee , Meggin Thwing Eastman , Meggin Eastman , Philipp Klug Learn MoreClimate. ESG bubbles. Disclosure. Social inequality. Biodiversity. The topics don’t get much bigger — or more systemic. Here’s our analysis of the five ESG trends that will matter most to companies and their investors in 2021.
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2020 ESG trends to watch
Jan 13, 2020 Ric Marshall , Meggin Thwing Eastman , Linda-Eling Lee , Meggin Eastman Learn MoreESG themes are long-term, but some can emerge with sudden force. We are watching five trends we believe will unfold in 2020 to catapult ESG investing into the new decade.
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Is the US tech sector ignoring minority talent?
Oct 1, 2019 Meggin Thwing Eastman , Meggin Eastman Learn MoreLooking in one’s backyard for human capital.
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Looking inside ESG indexes
Aug 30, 2019 Meggin Thwing Eastman , Guido Giese , Meggin Eastman Learn MoreMany investors want to stick to their values or beliefs, as well as meet certain financial objectives. How can ESG indexes help them address these goals?
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What innovative companies and women on boards have in common
Mar 8, 2019 Meggin Thwing Eastman , Meggin EastmanESG Research , Global Investing
Learn MoreWe examined constituents of the MSCI ACWI Index that had been recognized as innovators on one or more annual lists produced by Forbes, Fast Company, MIT Sloan and the Boston Consulting Group between 2015 and 2018.
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Silicon Valley’s women (on boards) problem
Jan 9, 2019 Meggin Thwing Eastman , Meggin Eastman Learn MoreCalifornia companies with no women on their boards are going to have to quickly up their diversity game.
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Aligning portfolios with UN Sustainable Development Goals
Dec 13, 2018 Meggin Thwing Eastman , Meggin Eastman Learn MoreIs my money helping solve the world’s problems or making them worse? An increasing number of the beneficiaries of public funds, globally, are asking such searching questions about where and how their retirement funds are invested. Understanding how investments have an impact on societal issues can be much more complex and difficult to identify for institutional investors.
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“G” is just one part of the ESG story
Jun 26, 2018 Meggin Thwing Eastman , Panos Seretis , Meggin Eastman Learn MoreWhen it comes to ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing, conventional wisdom holds that G is the only part that really matters, as a window into overall management quality and providing insights and value for investors. Our analysis suggests this has not been true; that the E and S aspects of ESG did help sort the truly outstanding firms from a group that already shares an array of robust financial traits.
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Previously, we have asked whether the number of women on boards has a relationship to corporate financial performance. Research suggests that it has. But is that the whole story?
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「アベノミクス」と言われる経済振興策の一環として、企業及び政府における女性参画を強化するために、日本政府は2020年までにリーダーシップの地位における女性比率を30%にするというゴールを設定した。
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