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  • MSCI rebuffs 'big three criticisms' of ESG data

    13 May 2019

    MSCI has argued that the main three criticisms of environmental, social and governance (ESG) data don't hold true.

  • People Moves: AAM, Morgan Stanley, AP1, Carbon Market Institute, Gold Standard, Ethic, Aviva Investors

    03 May 2019

    Aegon Asset Management (AAM) has hired two people for its responsible investment team.

  • Time to pile into ESG EM index, says UBS

    18 April 2019

    An environmental, social and governance (ESG)-screened emerging market index offers compelling opportunities for long-term investors to add value to their portfolios, according to UBS.

  • Moody’s considers scrapping Green Bond Assessment following Vigeo Eiris deal

    16 April 2019

    Credit rating agency Moody’s appears likely to drop its Green Bond Assessment (GBA) following its acquisition of Vigeo Eiris, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • S&P launches ESG evaluation tool

    11 April 2019

    S&P Global Ratings has launched its long-awaited environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluation tool, in a move that will throw it into direct competition with existing sustainability rating providers such as MSCI.

  • MSCI's Mervyn Tang moves to Fitch Ratings

    02 April 2019

    MSCI's Mervyn Tang has been appointed as head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research for Fitch Ratings' global sustainable finance group. He reports to Andrew Steel, global head of sustainable finance.

  • GPIF driving dramatic increase in Japanese ESG disclosure, says MSCI

    19 March 2019

    A five-fold increase in Japanese companies’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) -themed disclosure has been driven by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), according to MSCI.

  • ESG indexes get smarter

    15 March 2019

    Combining factor investing and ESG, and adopting AI-based ESG data are among the hot trends in sustainability-focused indexes, writes Peter Cripps

  • Double down on data to defeat greenwashing, MSCI says

    08 March 2019

    An increase in ‘greenwashing’ can be curbed if asset managers increase the availability of sustainability data of investment portfolios, MSCI has claimed.

  • Sustainability by proxy - Part two: ISS

    27 February 2019

    In the second of a four-part series on highly influential proxy voting providers, Michael Hurley asks ISS what it is doing to develop the guidance it provides investors on environmental issues