If 2014 was any guide, there is a shortening lag between when ESG issues emerge and when markets and regulators react. Whether it is shifting regulations targeting the 'tax gap', a new market benchmark to define green bonds, or the adoption of low carbon investment solutions, MSCI's 2014 ESG Trends to Watch report highlighted areas where institutional investors showed growing appetite to address longer term risks and opportunities.
We head into the new year with the backdrop of swooning oil prices and (re)newed geopolitical fault-lines, juxtaposed against a return to growth in the U.S. and emergence of the next generation of tech darlings. Investors, companies, policymakers, and NGOs anticipate the upcoming climate talks in Paris with an equal measure of hope and fear. In this cacophony, which ESG trends will be most top-of-mind among investors in 2015?
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MSCI ESG Research's annual and highly anticipated Top 5 ESG Trends to Watch Report from Global Head of ESG Research, Linda-Eling Lee, is now available!
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FactSet is delighted to announce the Linda-Eling Lee, Global Head of ESG Research, MSCI will be speaking at the FactSet Investment Process Symposium, March 29-31, 2015 in Washington D.C.
Linda's session, A Modern Strategy: Integrating Sustainability Data and Analysis into Investment Decision-Making, will showcase how different investors are incorporating a new generation of sophisticated ESG data and analysis into risk assessments and portfolio construction.