ESG Research and Resource Center

In this episode, we look back at some key insights from our guests during this past year - from ESG metrics, to climate, to regulatory issues.

83% of US-based issuers have some real estate at high physical risk in worst climate scenario, Morningstar Sustainalytics finds.

Learn the key distinctions between financial, impact and double materiality and the related implications for issuers and investors.

Discover how investment firms can leverage LCTR data and company engagement to help ensure their sustainability-focused funds meet the increasingly stringent criteria from standard setters.

In April 2024, members of the GRI Banking Technical Committee met to discuss the key topics to be included in the draft GRI Banking Sector Standard. Read on to learn more about reporting requirements for banks.

This overview explores how ESG factors can affect business and investments, demonstrates how these issues are material to business viability, and showcases the ways in which investors can incorporate ESG factors into their strategies.

In this overview, discover the key elements of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and what this EU regulation means for addressing social and environmental issues supply chains.

This episode of ESG in Conversation dives into the SEC’s new climate disclosure rules and what they mean for companies and investors.

Child labor remains a persistent issue in the cocoa supply chain. So can major food brands do to stop it? Discover the steps companies can take to address the issue and ways investors can engage with companies to mitigate it.

Post-COP 28 countries have agreed to an orderly transition away from fossil fuels. This article explores what that could look like for Canada’s oil and gas producers.

The world’s forests are under threat, putting ecosystem services and global economic wealth in danger. But investors can help to fight deforestation. In this article, learn the reasons why investors should pursue zero deforestation portfolios.

Learn how a double materiality investment approach can help mitigate greenwashing risks in sustainable investments.

As demand for critical raw materials increases, due in part to the low-carbon transition, industries reliant on those materials face growing risks. In this article, discover what’s driving those risks.

A growing number of investors are prioritizing lobbying transparency in their portfolio. Discover the reasons why and how they are holding companies accountable in our latest blog.

Governments need to be more decisive to slow global temperature rise. The EU’s Fit for 55 package, with its ambitious targets for energy-intensive sectors, is an example of the required policy response needed to decarbonize global economies.

Non-GHG emissions will increase as the physical impacts of climate change continue to materialize. Our analysis shows that companies could be doing more to eliminate hazardous non-GHG air emissions from their operations.

Examining the goals and key features of the newly published ISSB climate-related disclosures standard and what they mean for investors.

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.

Investors face a unique set of challenges in assessing the physical climate risks affecting their portfolio companies. In this blog discover the direct and indirect physical climate risks impacting companies and their supply chains.

Using ESG Risk Ratings data we assess companies' readiness to address their impacts on biodiversity loss across their operations.