ESG Research and Resource Center

Looking at the climate risk management of global systemically important banks.

Examining Norway's Arctic oil expansion through an ESG lens.

Examining the potential challenges and risks environmental deregulation may pose to utilities companies.

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

Understanding the move towards human rights due diligence in Asia.

The 2025 proxy season saw big tech faced tough questions from shareholders about the credibility of meeting climate commitments while also expanding the adoption of energy-intensive AI.

Following the European Commission’s release of plans to overhaul the SFDR, we examine what the new landscape of EU sustainability-related funds (Article 7, 8, and 9) could look like under the new rules.

Understanding the challenges facing financial institutions and considering the potential next steps investors can take to address nature-related risks and opportunities.

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.

Exploring actions asset owners may take to address climate-related systemic risks.

Understanding the role that companies and the EUDR play in increasing supply chain traceability and eliminating deforestation from the sourcing of palm oil.

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

Demonstrating how investors can leverage climate transition risk and management data to serve different use cases and support proprietary tools that are aligned with existing climate frameworks.

Using the Low Carbon Transition Ratings, this article analyzes companies against three relevant metrics for assessing a transition plan's credibility and finds that EU companies continue to outperform their peers.

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 article examines the evolution of Article 8 and 9 funds' exposure to the defense sector since 2022.

Companies that can maintain operations through a wildfire crisis have a powerful advantage.

This article covers how De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the central bank for the Netherlands, is intensifying its expectations around ESG risk management and disclosure and its implications for investors.

This article explores how labor dispute management can impact companies' ESG risk within the restaurants subindustry.