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  • BlackRock launches six sustainable ETFs

    07 March 2019

    BlackRock has launched six 'sustainable' exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as it predicts a 20-fold increase in assets in this space over the next decade.

  • People Moves - HSBC, SEB, MSCI, MDF, Just Finance

    10 February 2017

    Swedish investment bank SEB has named Marie Baumgarts a head of sustainability.

  • MSCI to report carbon footprint of 160,000 indexes

    28 September 2015

    MSCI will report the carbon footprint of more than 160,000 of its indexes in response to growing investor demand for transparency around carbon risk.

  • MSCI launches indexes that reduce 'stranded asset' risk

    16 October 2014

    MSCI has added to its growing range of environmental indexes with two benchmarks that exclude companies with fossil-fuel reserves.

  • MSCI adds to low-carbon indexes after just a week

    23 September 2014

    MSCI has added more indexes to the Low Carbon series it launched last week – this time enabling investors to invest across the whole universe.

  • Barclays and MSCI to launch Green Bond Index

    02 July 2014

    Barclays has teamed up with index provider MSCI to launch a Green Bond Index in response to 'high demand' from institutional investors.

  • MSCI expands ESG arm with acquisition

    01 July 2014

    MSCI's environmental, social and government (ESG) arm is to acquire GMI Ratings – a provider of sustainability ratings and research.