News Releases
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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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August 9, 2023
Morningstar Sustainalytics Wins 2023 Environmental Finance Award for Thought Leadership on Sustainable Investing
Morningstar Sustainalytics' 10 for 2023 report provides data and analysis on investor exposure to emerging technologies within equity investment strategies.
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July 16, 2023
Forbes: New Data Reveals Climate Change Risks To Corporate Assets In The United States
New Data Reveals Climate Change Risks To Corporate Assets In The United States
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June 20, 2023
Barron's: LVMH Does Sustainability Differently. A Top Exec on Its 30-Year Journey
Sustainability took root at LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE more than 30 years ago, in the year of the International Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
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June 19, 2023
Morningstar Sustainalytics Announces Changes to the Jantzi Social Index
Morningstar Sustainalytics, a leading global provider of ESG research, ratings, and data, today announced the following change to the Jantzi Social Index (JSI) that will take effect at the open of trading on June 19, 2023.
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EU Action Plan Q1 Updates: SFDR Review and Investor’s Challenges
In this webinar, we will take a look at the evolution of sustainable funds in the first quarter of 2023, and review fund flows into Article 8 & 9 funds. We will then explore the latest regulatory updates around the EU Action Plan and the discussions around ESG labelling. Our speakers will discuss the different approaches of disclosures versus labelling and the benefits and shortcomings of each for combatting greenwashing.