Our work is designed to spur collaboration among key financial, academic, business, policymaking and civil society leaders and align data, analysis, policy and action.
Despite their central role in portfolio and risk management, accounting for the carbon footprint of derivatives has proved to be a challenge for investors and other capital-markets participants.
The impacts of a warming world are likely to impact investments in the medium term, say the world's largest owners and managers of assets
Publicly listed utilities would own an estimated 43% of global wind capacity and just over 15% of solar capacity if society succeeds in tripling renewable energy this decade
How might investors identify companies that are developing or delivering products and services designed to help society withstand the impacts of a warming planet?
Identifying products and services that contribute to adaptation and resilience comes with challenges, as evidenced by the gap between investment (and action) to reduce and eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and investment in technologies for adaptation
Scope 3 emissions aside, investors stand to have much more information about financially relevant climate risks thanks to the SEC’s ruling.
In the latest update to our long-running research on the relationship between MSCI ESG ratings and corporate performance, we find that top MSCI ESG-rated companies have consistently outperformed their lower-rated peers due chiefly to better earnings fundamentals.
The push to decarbonize matters for an industry that contributes about 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions annually.
U.S.-listed companies lag their peers globally in disclosing their financially relevant climate risks.
Our analysis shows that on their current trajectory, women are projected to hold 30% of board seats in 2026 and reach 50% by 2040
Could jettisoning the acronym 'ESG' in favor of a different term hold the potential to get back to basics on the practice of creating long-term value
Aligning the trillions of dollars of capital that the transition to a clean-energy economy will demand is generating a youth movement in the field of sustainable finance.
Sustainability needs to be a core part of the MBA curriculum if business education is to keep pace with a changing world
Leaders from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the White House, and business and finance share insights for clearing barriers that get in the way of climate action.
Our interactive graphic illustrates two decisions that confront investors and policymakers who aim to assess a country’s contribution to global warming.
The MSCI Sustainability Institute and its collaborators are pursuing initiatives to drive the immediacy of climate action across capital markets
The world is getting hotter, but investor focus on eliminating carbon emissions has not been matched by attention to investments in improving our resilience to the physical risks of climate change.
The Institute seeks to highlight the most practitioner-relevant academic research into how sustainability factors impact the value of financial assets
This interactive chart offers a look at the pace of carbon emissions reductions by G20 countries and companies.
Our analysis shows the most orderly pathway for phasing out coal power in 15 regional markets, including mainland China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and Australia.
The cement industry has the potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from production by roughly 40% by 2030, according to analysis by Galvanize Climate Solutions and the MSCI Sustainability Institute
The Institute will equip academic and policy researchers with sustainability data, metrics and models that investors can use to inform decision-making.