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Investment Strategies for Reducing Fossil Fuel Exposure - Session 1 (North America)In response to the 350.org call for divestment, investors globally are taking a closer look at the role of fossil fuels in their investment strategies. In our recent ESG issue brief, "Options for Reducing Fossil Fuel Exposure," we explore four major strategies that range from fully excluding carbon reserve holders to adding positive exposure to clean technology.Following this publication, MSCI ESG Research hosted two webinars (North America and EMEA sessions) where...
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Research Report
MSCI ESG Research Country Report: Identifying Key ESG Risks in JapanDownload MSCI ESG Research's Japan Country Report - Summary, for an overview of Japan's ESG Sovereign Ratings, analysis of the MSCI Japan Index constituents, and review of the ESG impacts as Abenomics pushes through corporate governance, labor and energy reforms. The Japan Country Report is now available on ESG Manager.
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Everence Selects MSCI ESG Research for ESG Integration StrategyPDF
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Research Report
MSCI ESG Country Brief: The South-to-North Water Diversion Project: Impacts on China's Industrial Water Pricing and Companies' Bottom LineThe December 2013 completion of the first phase of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project in China is already precipitating dramatic changes to industrial water prices in eastern provinces. As some portion of the scheme's infrastructure costs will be passed onto users, high transferred water prices from the Project's eastern route may signal higher future operating costs for water-intensive companies in stressed regions.Authors: CHEW Emily, JIN Shuyuan
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Gjensidigestiftelsen Selects MSCI ESG Research for Ethical Screening and Portfolio AnalyticsPDF
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The Church of England and CCLA Choose MSCI ESG Research for Global Ethical ScreeningPDF
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2014 ESG Trends to WatchAs we leave behind a year in which investors turned cautious on some Emerging Market economies, when the share price of coal producers tumbled due to weakening demand, and as political fights over the government's fiscal position shut down the US government for the first time in 17 years, which ESG themes will intersect with key market trends in 2014? In this annual edition of our ESG Trends to Watch Report, we explore some of the most pressing questions that our clients are asking heading...
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Research Report
MSCI ESG Issue Brief: The 'Tax Gap' in the MSCI WorldIn December 2011, we highlighted aggressive corporate tax strategies among our 2012 ESG Trends to Watch as an area we believed would receive greater policy attention and thus represent growing reputational risk. Not waiting around for policy makers to weigh in, media and the public have since singled out some high profile global companies for public shaming given a perceived mismatch between their level of tax payments and revenues earned in countries such as the UK and Italy. In 2014,...
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Research Report
MSCI ESG Issue Brief: Options for Reducing Fossil Fuel ExposureThe debate around climate change shifted dramatically in tone this past year. No longer is the focus primarily on lobbying policy makers around the world to regulate carbon emissions. Rather, there appears to be a social movement in the making, and its targets are the investment committees of the world's major pension funds and endowments.With over 75 asset owners as clients, we at MSCI ESG Research have seen an escalation in investor interest in measuring portfolio exposure and in...
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Research Report
2014 ESG Trends to WatchAs we close out a year in which investors have turned cautious on some Emerging Market economies, when the share price of coal producers has tumbled due to weakening demand, and as political fights over the government's fiscal position shut down the US government for the first time in 17 years, which ESG themes will intersect with key market trends next year? In this annual edition of our ESG Trends to Watch, we explore some of the most pressing questions that our clients are asking, heading...