MSCI Launches Implied Temperature Rise to Help Investors Align Their Portfolios With Global Climate Goals
14 Setembro 2021 - 8:23AM
Business Wire
The forward-looking metric works with MSCI’s
Target Scorecard to track how companies are aligning to global
temperature targets
MSCI, a leading provider of critical decision support tools and
services for the global investment community, has announced the
launch of its Implied Temperature Rise (or “Temperature Rise”)
solution, equipping investors globally with data to map how
companies in their investment portfolios are aligning with global
temperature targets. The company-level dataset will cover nearly
10,000 publicly listed companies based on the MSCI ACWI Investable
Market Index.
The innovative climate solution is launching ahead of COP26 in
November and follows the recent report from the Task Force on
Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), which recommends all
financial institutions measure and disclose the alignment of their
portfolios with the goals of the Paris Agreement using
forward-looking metrics. Despite the growing number of global
companies publicly committing to climate-focused goals, the
strength and specific details of these commitments vary widely. The
Temperature Rise solution comes at a critical time to add clarity
and transparency to opaque climate commitments. The solution
assesses how strong these commitments are using a simplified and
powerful metric: companies’ alignment to global temperature
targets.
Used alongside MSCI’s Target Scorecard, a framework to assess
companies’ decarbonization and net-zero climate targets, this
comprehensive series of analytical tools aims to help investors
strengthen their engagement on climate risk and navigate the
transition to a net-zero world. To enable investors to analyze the
pace at which the companies they invest in are transitioning their
businesses to meet their climate goals, the solution captures
crucial benchmarks such as the 2°C target, referring to the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) goal, or the
1.5°C limit, popularized through the Paris Agreement.
MSCI’s Temperature Rise solution converts the current and
projected greenhouse gas emissions, taking into consideration
emissions reduction targets, of each company to an estimated rise
in global temperature. Projections are calculated by comparing
those projected emissions with the global carbon budget that
remains if the planet is to keep temperature rise this century
below 2°C, a benchmark also linked to MSCI’s quarterly Net-Zero
Tracker.
The Temperature Rise solution has been modelled to meet the
design recommendations set out by the TCFD Portfolio Alignment Team
for all segments of the financial sector to measure and disclose
temperature alignment of portfolios as well as target-setting
frameworks.
Remy Briand, Global Head of ESG and Climate at MSCI,
said: “Climate change is the greatest challenge of our time and
capital markets participants are critical to driving the systemic
transformation needed to avert climate catastrophe. The Implied
Temperature Rise metric is an important addition to our evolving
suite of climate investing tools and builds on MSCI’s mission to
ensure capital markets and its participants can drive the
transition to net-zero. Investors are rapidly sharpening their
focus on the financial impacts of climate change, and they need
greater transparency and insight on whether their capital may
further, or frustrate, the goal of a more sustainable society. With
its convenient measure for forward-looking portfolio emission
trajectory, investors can use Implied Temperature Rise as a
versatile tool to set decarbonization targets and strengthen
engagement on climate risk.”
MSCI Implied Temperature Rise is currently available as part of
MSCI ESG Research’s Climate Value-at-Risk product.
MSCI has and will continue to conduct proactive outreach to the
nearly 10,000 publicly listed companies to call for increased
climate disclosure by year end. MSCI invites all issuers to review
and provide feedback on their climate targets and commitments
through the MSCI ESG Issuer Communications Portal.
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.
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the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Forward-looking statements relate to future events or
performance and involve risks that may cause actual results or
performance differ materially and you should not place undue
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