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January 23, 2025
Sustainalytics Insight: Shareholder Democracy and the Challenge of Dual Class Share Structures
Unequal share class structures, where companies have multiple share classes with differing voting rights, are a threat to fair proxy voting and can distort corporate governance, according to a new report from Morningstar Sustainalytics.
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January 7, 2025
Sustainalytics Insight: ESG in Conversation - Morningstar Experts Weigh in on Double Materiality
As we enter 2025, new double-materiality reporting rules as part of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) are affecting thousands of companies domiciled in Europe and beyond. And, while investors may benefit from information on how companies impact the world around them – referred to as “double materiality” - in addition to the specific environmental, social and governance risks to their businesses, the jury is still out on the utility of impact measures. Morningstar Indexes & Morningstar Sustainalytics President Ron Bundy recently convened a diverse panel of experts to review the double materiality issue from a wide range of perspectives.
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December 3, 2024
Sustainalytics Insight: COP29 Call to Action
As we unpack the results of the recently concluded 29th annual Conference of the Parties, or COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, in a new blog post COP29 participant Tom Eveson of Morningstar Sustainalytics shares his perspectives on key takeaways and what he sees as a clear “call-to-action” on climate for the global financial sector.
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October 24, 2024
Sustainalytics Insight: What is Biodiversity Risk & Why Does it Matter for Investors?
With COP 16 kicking off this week it’s a great time to revisit the material risks that biodiversity loss may present for global investors. According to Morningstar Sustainalytics, investing in companies facing high levels of biodiversity risk could have a material effect on long-term portfolio performance. The global ESG research, ratings and data provider uses hypothetical portfolios using its material ESG issue (MEI) data from its ESG Risk Ratings to illustrate this important point.
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December 12, 2024
Morningstar Sustainalytics Issues Statement of Application in Relation to the ICMA Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Products Providers (the “ICMA Code”)
Morningstar Sustainalytics issues statement of application in relation to the ICMA Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Products Providers.
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June 13, 2024
ICMA owned Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Products Providers (the “Code”)
Morningstar Sustainalytics signs ICMA owned Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Products Providers.
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May 31, 2024
Morningstar Sustainalytics Introduces Significant Enhancements to its ESG Risk Ratings
This week, Morningstar Sustainalytics introduced the first in a series of planned enhancements to its flagship ESG Risk Ratings. This is the first major enhancement to the methodology since launch in 2018.
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August 30, 2023
Financial Reporting Council Renews Morningstar Sustainalytics' UK Stewardship Signatory Status for 2023
The UK Stewardship Code sets high standards for asset owners, asset managers, and the service providers that support them.
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