MSCI/ESG (via FactSet)

MSCI (formerly KLD Research & Analytics, Inc.) is the leading authority on social research for institutional investors and is well-known for its research, benchmarks, compliance, and consulting services. MSCI ESG Research (STATS) is an annual data set of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings of publicly traded companies.
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MSCI/ESG (via FactSet)

MSCI (formerly KLD Research & Analytics, Inc.) is the leading authority on social research for institutional investors and is well-known for its research, benchmarks, compliance, and consulting services. MSCI ESG Research (STATS) is an annual data set of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings of publicly traded companies.

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MSCI Inc. is the world’s largest provider of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Indexes with over 1,500 equity and fixed income ESG Indexes designed to help institutional investors more effectively benchmark ESG investment performance and manage, measure and report on ESG mandates. For many, the term “ESG” brings to mind environmental issues like climate change and resource scarcity. These form an element of ESG—and an important one—but the term means much more. It covers social issues like a company’s labor practices, talent management, product safety, and data security. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index stands for Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and is an index used to measure equity market performance in global emerging markets. The MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) Definition (ACWI) represents the performance of small- to large-cap stocks from 23 developed and 24 emerging markets. As of April 2019, the index tracks 2,700 stocks of which the top five by market capitalization are Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, MSCI India ETF, and Facebook.

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The application is available on PC’s, TC’s in the University Library as well as anywhere else via Student Desktop Anywhere. Both the native interface as well as the Excel interface are available to you and data can directly be saved to your own I:-drive or USB stick.

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See the FactSet Information file form more manuals and a recording of a factSet introduction training

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Guides & training

 

  • Key methodology documents 
  • How to reference an MSCI ESG Rating 
  • How to get access to MSCI/ESG data via the Excel interface:
  • For any reproduction or use of the MSCI Service, Subscriber agrees to place the following notice in close proximity to the Service contained in the Publications:

    Reproduced by permission of MSCI ESG Research LLC ©2019 MSCI ESG Research LLC All rights reserved.

    In addition, Subscriber will place the following notice in the Publications:

    The ESG data contained herein is the property of MSCI ESG Research LLC (ESG). ESG, its affiliates and information providers make no warranties with respect to any such data. The ESG data contained herein is used under license and may not be further used, distributed or disseminated without the express written consent of ESG.

    Those who use data in his or her publication commits oneself to prove MSCI with a copy of the publication.

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