MSCI has made public its fund ratings and index rating metrics as part of a broader initiative to promote environmental, social and governance transparency.
Ratings of 36,000 multi-asset class usual funds and ETFs alongside comprehensive scoring and metrics for indices MSCI covers were made available to the public. This follows MSCI’s launch of ESG ratings for over 2,800 issuers in November last year.
«We are proud to provide investors and industry stakeholders with publicly available ESG metrics for tens of thousands of funds, companies and indexes, helping to drive awareness, educate the market and raise ESG disclosure standards,» said Remy Briand, MSCI’s head of ESG in a statement.
«We are firm believers that enhanced transparency and comparability is fundamental to ensuring broader adoption of ESG indexes, and in driving capital towards more sustainable investments.»
ESG Metrics
In addition to just ratings, MSCI’s search tools allow public users to view a series of metrics including «green versus brown» (or carbon-related) revenue; board independence and diversity; and social screens like tobacco. Clients of MSCI’s fund ratings will have full access to fund’s exposure to controversies and over 200 ESG metrics.
In a few weeks, MSCI will also launch ESG metrics for fixed income indices.
«The MSCI Index Profile tool has been launched to comply with a new EU regulatory requirement for benchmark administrators,» MSCI added. «Metrics are available for both ESG and non-ESG indexes, enabling institutional investors to better access sustainability information for their investment decisions, and to select benchmarks that best reflect their investment beliefs and policies.»
