Data from over 4,000 issuers, spanning nearly a decade revealed that companies with better MSCI ESG Ratings tended to have a lower cost of capital. It’s big news for investors and another step towards understanding the relationship between sustainability and financial performance.

Host: Bentley Kaplan, MSCI ESG Research
Guests: Jakub Malich & Anett Husi, MSCI ESG Research

Our demand for electricity is growing for the first time in decades. Nuclear energy is being proffered as the answer to our voracious energy-appetites. But are investors capable of propping up an industry with so much complexity and risk? This episode provides an answer.

Host: Michael Disabato, MSCI ESG Research
Guest: Elchin Mammadov, MSCI ESG Research

What is impact materiality, you ask? And how is it different from financial materiality? A fine and important question, listener! In this episode we take you through all the details you need to parse through the most important sustainability-jargon out there. Including, an explanation of the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, or the CSRD, which has its first required reporting cycle due next year.

Host: Mike Disabato, MSCI ESG Research
Guest: Meggin Thwing Eastman, MSCI ESG Research