ESG Research and Resource Center

The second part of this report delves into the key qualitative and quantitative factors used to measure impact and risk in the Controversy Rating.

This report highlights how distinct risk and impact signals, now available in our Controversies Research, can support investors’ evaluation of company incidents.

This year's survey of over 500 asset owners globally reveals a community deeply committed to its fiduciary responsibilities, while navigating increasingly significant disruption and uncertainty in capital markets and a complex regulatory landscape.

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

As a signatory to the Net Zero Financial Service Provider Alliance, we recognize that our products and services can shape the sustainability of markets, investment and the world. Learn more about our climate and net zero aligned solutions.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.