MSCI Bolsters Capabilities with a Suite of ESG Screened Indexes

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of indexes and portfolio construction and risk management tools and services for global investors, launches the MSCI ESG Screened Indexes, a suite of indexes incorporating a range of ESG exclusions. 

The MSCI ESG Screened Indexes aim to exclude companies associated with thermal coal, oil sands extraction and those deriving revenues from controversial and nuclear weapons, civilian firearms, and tobacco. Companies violating the United Nations Global Compact principles will also be excluded.