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ESG Investing

ESG

ESG Investing

ESG Investing (Sustainable Investing) is growing exponentially as more investors and issuers utilize ESG and climate data and tools to support their investment decision making. We’ve been rating companies based on industry material ESG risks since 2005.

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Our ESG

Our ESG ratings and stock data and research are developed inhouse and are integrated across our index, analytics and real asset solutions.

Three main drivers accelerating ESG

The world
More investors
data and technology

The world

The world is changing rapidly.creating new risks and opportunities.

Global challenges

such as climate risk, increased regulatory pressures, social and demographic shifts and privacy and data security concerns, represent new or increasing risks for investors.

The economic

pressure the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on some industries has affected companies' exposure to ESG risks and their ability to manage them.

Companies

face rising complexities and greater scrutiny if they are not adequately managing their ESG or climate risks.

More investors

Over the next two to three decades, the investors is expected to direct between $45 trillion and $60 trillion into global ESG investments.

Asset Owners

Large consultants are incorporating ESG dimensions into manager selection in reaction to asset owner requests.

Wealth Managers

Growing demand for active and index-linked ESG Funds across asset classes for total portfolio exposures.

Corporate

Growing demand from issuers and their advisors to assess and report on ESG and climate risk and for ESG-linked financing.

Data and Technology

Better data and technology for more meaningful insights

Advanced technology

including artificial intelligence (AI) and alternative data extraction techniques help minimize our reliance on voluntary disclosure from companies.

Machine learning and natural language processing

help us increase the timeliness and precision of data collection, analysis and validation to deliver dynamic content and financially relevant ESG insights.

Analytics and real asset solutions

ESG ratings and stock data and research

ESG Investing

Objectives to ESG Investing

Values-based investing

aims to align investments with an organization's or individual's ethical values by expressing preferences for what industries and companies they invest in.

Impact investing

targets investments to generate a profit from positive social or environmental impact in line with the investor's views or mission.

ESG integration

aims to assess long-term financial risks and opportunities related to ESG issues as a core component of building a resilient and sustainable portfolio for the specific purpose of enhancing long-term risk-adjusted returns.

ESG

ESG Momentum

Adoption of ESG investing has grown rapidly as investors increasingly integrate
ESG and climate factors alongside financial factors to
measure the resiliency of portfolios to long-term ESG risks and opportunities.
ESG

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