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Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) score/rating

Data source provider

Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI)

Use cases

Climate-related disclosures, Exposure quantification, Investment and lending decisions

Data group

Climate-related index and scoring

Metric Type

Combined metrics

Methodology/ Standard / Classification/ Taxonomy / Reference

1. Rating provider's methodology
2. ESGBook: Arabesque S-Ray Methodology (Global Compact (GC) Score, ESG Score, Temperature Score)
3. R1ESGo

Unit (e.g. CO2)

1. Climate Risk / ESG Score rating
2. GC Score: (0-100) on human rights, labour right, environment, anti-corruption
3. ESG Score: (0-100) on environmental, social, and governance
4. Temperature Score:
• (tCO2/m$US) on emissions intensity ratio (EIR)
• range from (1.5°C, 2°C, 2.7°C, >2.7°C, 3°C) on the temperature score and is reflected on scenario category

Dimension (e.g. Sector, Customer)

By Sector

Time horizon 

Backward-looking

Frequency

Latest update

Time series

Latest update

Accessibility

Proprietary

Observation on data availability/gaps

Different methodologies and scales would require internal evaluation, as it is not transparent on how the ESG scoring is derived. The coverage of companies also varies across these platforms. MSCI ESG Ratings rate over 8,500 companies (14,000 issuers including subsidiaries) and more than 680,000 equity and fixed income securities globally (as of October 2020), collecting thousands of data points for each company.

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