What is our Climate Solutions offering?

2021 will be a critical year for climate action as we head toward the UN Climate Change Conference2 (COP26) in November. As investors are increasingly seeking alignment with a net-zero economy, measuring and managing climate risk has become an ever-more important tenet of the institutional investment process. So is identifying new and innovative low-carbon investment opportunities in order to help build more climate-resilient portfolios.

Our Climate Solutions give you access to a wide range of tools and data designed to enable you to address a variety of needs. This includes measuring and reporting on climate risk exposure, implementing low carbon fossil-fuel-free strategies, factoring climate change research into risk management processes, engaging companies and external stakeholders, and implementing a net-zero strategy.

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Integrating climate solutions into your investment process

With our holistic MSCI Climate Solutions toolkit we aim to empower financial institutions with the tools necessary to build more climate resilient portfolios, protect assets from the worst effects related to climate change and also help identify new, innovative low carbon investment opportunities.

• Setting a net-zero target

  	Quantify the impact of your investments on climate change
  	Run “what if” scenarios to understand investment implications
  	Use forward-looking data through to 2050
  	Stress test portfolios across various climate change scenarios

  Governments and investors are increasingly setting targets to achieve net zero emissions by no later than 2050, but current action plans fall well short of meeting the 1.5/2c degree pathway set forth by the Paris Agreement. The financial sector has a fundamental role to play in averting a climate crisis and setting the global economy on track for a cleaner, sustainable future. Our climate data and risk reports allow institutional investors to get a quantified view of the impact of their investments on climate change. Set targets and run “what if” scenarios through to 2050 using our extensive set of carbon risk management and exposure metrics, and forward-looking data, including MSCI Warming Potential signal. Use security-level data to track progress.

• Climate Disclosure & Reporting

  	Make regulatory disclosures
  	Report to clients & stakeholders
  	Measure scope 3 emissions

  Meeting regulatory climate disclosure requirements is becoming ever more important for both institutional investors and corporates. Our sophisticated climate risk analytics on securities across asset classes support reporting aligned with TCFD, EU Sustainability Reporting, PRI, and more requirements. Report to clients and stakeholders on climate characteristics of a portfolio or fund with clearly defined metrics and analysis with context to help with the interpretation of the results. Measure and report your own Scope 3 emissions and stand out as a climate-leader.

• Integrate Climate Risk into Portfolio Construction

  	Mitigate risk
  	Capture opportunities
  	Fossil fuel divestment

  Mitigate risk by reducing exposure to carbon-intensive and carbon-dependent companies and industries; and manage stranded-asset risk and long-term environmental risks.
  
  Capture opportunities by increasing exposure to clean technologies and transition “solution” stocks, while respecting other investor constraints. Security-level analysis helps institutional investors identify those drivers of risk, allowing them to find the most efficient route to reducing exposure to carbon intensive and/or fossil fuel related activities.
  
  Utilizing Climate Value-at-Risk reporting allows investors to understand where a portfolio has high exposure to transition as well as physical risks and identify emerging climate hotspots exposed to various extreme weather hazards.

• Climate Risk Management

  	Measure and manage risks & opportunities
  	Develop a climate strategy
  	Stress test portfolios across various climate change scenarios

  Institutional investors are increasingly focused on mitigating their climate-related risks, identifying if there are certain securities or assets which are adding a disproportionate amount of risk, how the portfolio can be adjusted to mitigate these risks and how these adjustments may impact the portfolio performance. MSCI ESG Research’s Climate Value at Risk provides insight into how climate-related risks could affect a portfolio and allows institutional investors to drill down to different types of risks arising from physical climate change and the transition to a low-carbon economy.
  
  MSCI ESG Research analyzes several scenarios per company or real estate asset, providing an extensive overview of exposure to climate change risks and opportunities. This approach targets alignment with the TCFD recommendations.

• Integrate Climate Risk into Fundamental Analysis

  	Develop climate friendly investment products
  	Market climate resilience of existing fund(s)

  Our sophisticated and objective climate risk analytics on securities across asset classes can assist with investment decision making in everyday investment processes. And our clear and transparent climate risk reports can help communicate consistently, internally and externally, on issues surrounding environmental risks and the climate-leadership of existing funds.
  
  MSCI Climate Indexes may be useful tools and provide a helpful framework and greater insight for institutional investors who have an investment strategy focused on climate risks. They can potentially be used as the basis for ETFs and other indexed investment products.
  
  

• Engagement / Promote Stewardship

  	Engage with companies and stakeholders
  	Promote incentives on better climate risk management

  In addition to using climate research and data to inform investment decisions, institutional investors are also using it to inform corporate engagement strategies through analyst meetings and formal shareholder engagement processes. Reliable and quantifiable data, including analysis on companies’ own targets and how well-prepared they are, is an important aspect of the engagement process to support a shift in the behavior of companies to improve operations, develop long term climate strategies and be transparent on progress.

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¹Climate Data and Metrics, Climate Risk Reporting and Scenario Analysis are provided by MSCI ESG Research LLC. MSCI ESG Indexes and Analytics utilize information from, but are not provided by, MSCI ESG Research LLC. MSCI Indexes and Analytics are products of MSCI Inc. and are administered by MSCI Limited (UK).

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