ESG Research and Resource Center

Discover the approaches investors can take to protect assets and capitalize on opportunities in the face of increasing risks from extreme snowfall events.

This report covers six themes that will be top of mind for sustainability-aware investors for 2025, identifying touchpoints that investors will need to learn to navigate in the new year.

The world is failing to achieve the UN Sustainable Development goals, with just 15% of targets on track. In this article, we explore the role of SDGs in developing sustainability objectives and how boards of directors can make progress on their targets.

What Does It Take To Be a Sustainability Leader in 2023 and Beyond? Discover the trends sustainability professionals need to lead into the future.

This article outlines how biodiversity loss poses material risks to business and how it connects to many other issues that companies can’t ignore. In addition, it covers how biodiversity conservation presents substantial economic opportunities, and how businesses can address and access these opportunities by issuing linked instruments that integrate biodiversity considerations.

How do businesses, governments, and investors fit into the circular economy? Learn about the challenges and opportunities of a circular economy in this episode of ESG in Conversation.

Learn how various stakeholders are utilizing sustainability information and how this information impacts a company’s value proposition and valuation.

In this article, we examine the kinds of sustainable bonds offered in the market, some of the key regulations being developed in different markets and the current initiatives to improve the quality and credibility of issuances.

We invite corporate social responsibility and sustainability professionals around the world to participate in the second edition of the Morningstar Sustainalytics Corporate ESG Survey.

Recently, Morningstar Sustainalytics hosted a webinar – ESG in the Lifecycle of a Private Company: How Stakeholder Demands Drive Sustainability in Private Markets – to address some of the questions private companies might have surrounding ESG and how it could impact their business.

In this article, we take a closer look at why ESG reporting is more important than ever, highlighting why it goes beyond an annual general meeting (AGM) or proxy season.

In this article we’ll shed some light on what the top-level corporate ESG rating means, and the metrics used to measure corporate ESG performance.

The Focus of this webinar was around the Transition Finance foundation and instruments, providing an overview of the global and local trends in Japan, criteria and thresholds.

The green bond market is a portion of the larger debt market that enables and mobilizes funding for projects that contribute to environmental sustainability. Green bonds facilitate capital raising and investments for new and existing projects which have environmental benefits and can mitigate risks associated with climate change.

In this episode of ESG in Conversation, we’re exploring the question: how can investors address biodiversity loss? Learn about the urgency of addressing biodiversity loss and the role of good stewardship in effecting positive change.

This blog post examines the key anticipated requirements that should be considered once the European Green Bond Regulation is ratified.

This ebook covers how the sustainable bond market must strike a balance between increasing innovation and maintaining quality, integrity and credibility.

This blog post examines the role, best practices and metrics for corporate governance with examples from three subindustries.

In this episode of ESG in Conversation, we discuss the results of the Morningstar Sustainalytics Corporate ESG Survey and explore how the responsibilities of sustainability professionals are changing to address their companies' material ESG issues.

In this video, hear from Begum Gursoy, Associate Director of Debt Capital Markets and Sustainable Finance, as she explains how the sustainable finance market performed in 2022 and looks at trends and opportunities unfolding in 2023.