Listed Companies Have Less Than Six Years to Align With 1.5°C Warming Target, Inaugural MSCI Net-Zero Tracker Reveals
12 Julho 2021 - 11:12AM
Business Wire
Launch of quarterly MSCI Net-Zero Tracker will
show progress of listed companies towards the goals of the Paris
Agreement and highlight climate leaders and laggards
The world’s publicly listed companies must dramatically
accelerate climate action if the 1.5°C warming target set out in
the 2015 Paris Agreement is to be met, according to a new quarterly
Net-Zero Tracker published by MSCI, a leading provider of critical
decision support tools and services for the global investment
community.
The inaugural Net-Zero Tracker highlights how the annual
emissions of listed companies globally are still at the same level
as 2013, despite concerted efforts to place climate change at the
top of the global agenda. This includes the 2015 Paris Agreement
which set a goal to limit global warming to below 2°C, with 1.5°C
the preferred target.
Specifically, the MSCI Net-Zero Tracker highlights that listed
companies:
- Collectively emit 10.9 gigatons* of direct greenhouse gases
every year, as of May 31, 2021
- Need to stay within the remaining emissions budget of 61.4
gigatons of carbon-dioxide equivalent (CO2e) to avoid breaching the
1.5°C threshold
- Would deplete the remaining emissions budget in less than six
years, without any change to their current emissions
Henry Fernandez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MSCI,
comments: “For the net-zero revolution to be successful it is
critical for investors, companies, financial intermediaries and
policymakers to come together to divert the world onto a path
towards a sustainable future. Despite the rhetoric since the 2015
Paris Agreement, more immediate action is needed. The MSCI Net-Zero
Tracker is a progress report for whether the world can keep the
global temperature rise below 1.5°C. Listed companies and other
capital market participants have less than six years to meet that
target.
“In addition to listed companies taking action to drive the
transition to net-zero, there needs to be a reallocation of capital
by asset owners and an effective channelling of funds by asset
managers and banks. This will help reduce the risks of climate
change for the world as we all play our part to avert a climate
catastrophe.”
The MSCI Net-Zero Tracker provides a quarterly gauge of climate
change progress across a global universe of 9,300 publicly listed
companies based on the MSCI All Country World Investable Market
Index (MSCI ACWI IMI). The Net-Zero Tracker will bring new levels
of transparency to investors and policymakers regarding listed
companies’ action on climate, providing aggregate progress on
temperature alignment as well as highlighting industry leaders and
laggards. The latest report shows that:
- A number of well-known publicly listed companies reported their
indirect (i.e, Scope 3) emissions for the first time, including,
Airbus SE, Baidu, Inc., and British American Tobacco plc, but not
all the disclosures are comprehensive
- Westpac Banking Corporation and Booking Holdings Inc., the
operator of Booking.com, KAYAK and OpenTable, reported only a small
proportion of their total direct and indirect emissions
- The Procter & Gamble Company and ASML Holding N.V. both
reported additional scopes in the previous quarter, to now report
all company emissions across most of the relevant categories (i.e,
Scope 1, 2 and 3)
- Coal India Limited was the largest emitter not to report any of
its greenhouse gas emissions
Remy Briand, Global Head of ESG and Climate at MSCI,
adds: “The MSCI Net-Zero Tracker is bringing a new level of
transparency to the climate debate. It will allow investors to
monitor whether listed companies have credible plans to reduce
their carbon footprint and track the alignment of their own
portfolios with the 2015 Paris Agreement. The data in our inaugural
Net-Zero Tracker shows the need for a dramatic acceleration in
action from the world’s public companies. For those not matching
their commitments or lagging, there should be nowhere left to
hide.”
About MSCI Inc.
MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools
and services for the global investment community. With over 50
years of expertise in research, data, and technology, we power
better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and
analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more
effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced
solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve
transparency across the investment process.
Notes to Editors
*Gigaton is equal to a billion tons
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