ESG Research and Resource Center

This article examines the oil and gas industry's key infrastructure projects through an ESG lens, including the Trans Mountain Expansion, LNG Canada, and the Pathways Alliance carbon capture storage project.

Morningstar Sustainalytics no longer collects non-public information from issuers as part of its ESG Risk Rating or Low Carbon Transition Rating (LCTR) assessments. This article explains what the change means for investors and issuers.

This article explores how the impacts of powering US data centers for AI are emerging as major challenges. Meeting the electricity needs of AI will increasingly depend on how quickly grid infrastructure, siting processes, and permitting systems can adapt.

Explore the risks and opportunities facing investors within the blue economy.

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.

This article looks at how the universe of open-end and exchange-traded funds in scope of the ESMA fund naming guidelines has changed since their introduction in May 2024, through analysis of rebranding activity and assessed the impact of the requirements.

The second article in our series examines other metrics that can be used to assess whether companies are aligned to a decarbonization pathway and how companies compare across regions.

Discover a framework for portfolio strategies exploring decarbonization in carbon-intensive sectors within emerging markets.

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

A look at the regulatory outlook for sustainable investing and the latest data for fund flows.

In this article, we evaluate European issuers’ preparedness to manage the shift toward a low-carbon economy using data from Morningstar Sustainalytics’ Low Carbon Transition Rating.

This article covers how not all reported rollbacks in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives will have the same impact. Due to the relatively low weight of DEI in Sustainalytics’ ESG Risk Rating, we do not anticipate significant changes to overall ratings.

In this article, we highlight key focus areas for companies and institutional investors to prioritize to meaningfully address biodiversity loss.

This article covers how Morningstar Sustainalytics’ Stewardship Team embarked on a field trip in November 2024 to learn how EU industry leaders are navigating the complex challenges of the energy transition.

Meta has relaxed its content moderation and fact-checking policies, meaning it could face increased societal, regulatory and material financial risks.

On February 26, 2025, the EU Commission published the omnibus packages on sustainability and investment simplification. This article examines the EU Omnibus and its impact on the CSRD, the CSDDD, and the EU Taxonomy Regulation.

This article shows how investors can use Sustainalytics’ ESG Risk Ratings to identify alcohol companies that are focusing on non-alcoholic products and are well positioned to tap into the growing market and offset a potential decline in sales.

As COP16 resumes for February 2025 in Rome, the article explores how aligning financial flows with biodiversity objectives remains a pressing challenge and one that the UN Biodiversity Conference must address.

Drawing on research from the Low Carbon Transition Ratings, this article assesses the credibility of transition plans of companies that have validated SBTi targets.