ESG Research and Resource Center

In this episode, industry experts discuss the evolution of sustainable investing and how ESG risk signals can be used to build more resilient portfolios.

In this dynamic discussion, our research team explored the findings our research to provide insight into how sustainability risk is priced across markets, and how to interpret those signals to build more resilient portfolios.

Explore insights on how SFDR 2.0 is being interpreted and approached in practice today – including where clarity is emerging, where questions remain open and how firms are navigating the transition period.

Discover how institutional investors globally are leveraging sustainability data in their processes and strategies.

This report evaluates global systemically important banks' preparedness for managing climate transition risks in alignment with evolving standards and regulations.

Examining the trends, flows and growth drivers in Climate Transition funds for the first half of 2025.

In this episode we sat down with the ESG Proxy Voting Overlay team to discuss their insights from the most recent proxy season.

Understanding the move towards human rights due diligence in Asia.

Understanding recent developments involving countries and companies linked to prohibited and controversial weapons.

Assessing climate transition plans and understanding changes and approaches to the French Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) label.

Offering insight into how investors can leverage sovereign GSSS+ bonds to assess countries’ climate commitments and help inform their capital allocation decisions.

Examining the opportunity set within the Morningstar Sustainalytics coverage universe, focusing on companies involved in military contracting.

Discover the elements of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, and what they mean for the sustainable finance market.

This report examines and compares key elements of the VSME to the ESRS and evaluates the VSME’s suitability for investors' sustainability reporting needs.

Focusing on periods of economic shock, this report examines the link between US firms' ESG Risk Ratings and their financial performance.

This article looks at forced labor within the supply chain and the impact it might have on investors.

Proposing a holistic, decision-useful approach to company-level assessments of nature-related risks.

A Q&A about investor engagements, company commitments and climate data.

Insights on how regulatory shift in the US could impact how banks consider ESG within their business activities.

This report offers institutional investors strategies to finance decarbonization activities in emerging markets, which are expected to be the largest source of future emissions growth.