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  • S&P's proposed Paris-aligned index outperforms EU benchmark

    29 January 2020

    S&P's 'conceptual' version of an EU low-carbon index outperformed its EU benchmark over the past year, it revealed.

  • S&P Global completes RobecoSAM ratings unit acquisition

    13 January 2020

    S&P Global has completed its acquisition of the environmental, social and governance ratings unit from RobecoSAM for an undisclosed sum.

  • MSCI warns real estate investors of 2020 'brown discount' risk

    13 January 2020

    MSCI has warned investors in real estate that this year is likely to see increased risk of a hit to carbon-intensive assets, rather than a 'premium' for more environmentally sustainable assets.

  • MSCI launches two ESG corporate bond indexes

    10 January 2020

    New York-listed financial data firm MSCI has launched two corporate bond indexes weighted according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations.

  • The ESG data files, part seven, continued: Real estate - Social and governance data

    03 January 2020

    The market for data on the social impacts of investments in real estate is growing rapidly, writes Christopher Marchant

  • ESG data files - part seven, continued: Real estate and resilience

    02 January 2020

    Investors are striving to get a handle on physical climate risks, but the data is still under construction, writes Christopher Marchant

  • One fifth of CalPERS portfolio is highly exposed to climate risk

    27 December 2019

    The largest public pension fund in the US has reported that a fifth of its portfolio is among those sectors most exposed to climate change risks.

  • MSCI makes ESG company ratings publicly available

    27 November 2019

    The MSCI environmental, social and governance (ESG) Ratings of over 2,800 companies in the MSCI ACWI Index have become publicly available.

  • The ESG data files, part six: TCFD and the challenge of looking forward

    18 November 2019

    Requests for strategic information about the risks and opportunities posed by climate change have proved a step too far for many. Joe Walsh and Peter Cripps report

  • MSCI anticipates EU climate benchmarks with new index series

    07 November 2019

    MSCI has raced out of the EU legislative starting blocks with the launch of two series of indexes designed to meet the minimum standards of proposed categories of climate-related benchmarks.