News Releases
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April 2, 2024
Sustainalytics Insight: Did COP28 Light a Fire Under Oil & Gas Companies?
Global oil and gas producers are under increasing international pressure to decarbonize in the wake of the recent COP28 agreement to “transition away from” fossil fuels and amid a growing wave of mandatory ESG and climate disclosure standards for the industry. Yet oil and gas producers remain severely misaligned with the net zero by 2050 target and their overall management score with respect to climate change is weak, according to new research from Morningstar Sustainalytics based on its Low Carbon Transition Ratings (LCTR).
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March 21, 2024
Sustainalytics Insight: The Global Utility Industry & Net Zero
Global utility companies, generally perceived as some of the worst offenders when it comes to climate transition and meeting future net zero carbon emissions, are actually playing a driving force in helping drive a more carbon-friendly global footprint across industries, according to new research from Morningstar Sustainalytics.
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March 20, 2024
Morningstar Introduces Low Carbon Transition Leaders Indexes
Morningstar Indexes introduces the Morningstar Low Carbon Transition Leaders Indexes, powered by the methodology of the fastest growing global index provider and drawing on the leading ESG data & risk ratings of Morningstar Sustainalytics.
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March 12, 2024
Sustainalytics Insight: Biodiversity Referendum & COP16
As investors prepare for the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, or COP16, most companies aren’t prepared to meet previously agreed upon targets to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. In fact, many companies barely understand how to even recognize, quantify and measure their biodiversity impact, according to new insight from Morningstar Sustainalytics.
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April 20, 2020
Environmental Finance, Morningstar takes full control of Sustainalytics
This article focuses on Sustainalytics joining the Morningstar family.
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April 20, 2020
Expert Investor, Morningstar to acquire ESG data firm Sustainalytics
This article focuses on Sustainalytics joining the Morningstar family.
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April 13, 2020
Environmental Finance, Sustainalytics draws up Covid-19 social bond criteria
This article discusses the launch of Sustainalytics' COVID-19 social bond criteria; a methodology for assessing which activities related to the fight against Covid-19 can be financed through the issuance of labelled social bonds.
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April 13, 2020
Barron's, Future Returns: Covid-19 Bonds Emerge as a Financing Tool
This article discusses the rise of COVID-19 social bonds, a new subset of environmental social and governance (ESG) investments for investors. Sustainalytics' Kevin Ranney, Director Sustainable Finance Solutions, is quoted within piece.
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Is there a price to be paid for ESG Investing?
With a growing awareness around sustainability issues and accelerating regulatory developments in Europe, sustainable finance is one of the most significant talking points of our time. But what does sustainability investing mean for stakeholders and what are the resulting challenges? What’s more, what kind of impact does this have on a company’s mid to long-term strategy as well as its short-term profitability? By bringing together representatives from the regulatory side, the financial industry, the non-financial industry and an independent advisory firm, we aim to take a closer look at the consequences for the corporate world and answer a key question - is there a price to be paid for investing in ESG companies?
