Investors Get New Tools from MSCI To Measure Carbon Risk - The Minute

MSCI, a research firm that provides research and tools to asset managers, banks, hedge funds, and pension funds, has launched some new ESG-driven products for investors. Earlier this month, MSCI launched a new group of indexes of companies that have lower carbon exposure than the general market. The MSCI Global Low Carbon Leaders Indexes are the first to focus on two major aspects of carbon exposure: emissions and fossil fuel reserves. They provide investors with detailed data for limiting the exposure of their portfolios to carbon risk. The Low Carbon Leaders Indexes use MSCI’s ESG CarbonMetrics data.

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