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Stay informed of sustainability and climate regulatory requirements and simplify reporting with tools to support mandatory and voluntary disclosures. We help investors and other capital-markets participants align with requirements related to disclosure, risk management, greenwashing and fund-naming rules with integrated data, metrics, signals and reporting solutions informed by our experts in every region.

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Integrated data and tools for regulatory alignment and reporting

Prepare for sustainability and climate regulation and voluntary labeling frameworks with integrated data, metrics and signals. Inform your disclosure with the same data you use to chart investment strategy and manage risk.

Streamline reporting with ready-to-use templates and a suite of framework-aligned reports designed to simplify your disclosure process so you can focus on what matters most to your business.

Easily navigate fund-naming rules with off-the-shelf issuer-level screens and underlying metrics designed to support portfolio construction and due diligence practices. In addition, MSCI ESG Fund Ratings include over 300 metrics1 aiming to identify and benchmark funds against labeling requirements.

Our integrated suite of sustainability and climate data, metrics and signals equip you with the tools and insights you might need to align with risk management requirements and prudential rules.

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Simplify sustainability compliance and disclosure in every region

  • Americas

    U.S.

    SEC ESG Fund Disclosure
    SEC Climate Disclosure
    California Climate Disclosure

    Canada

    OSFI Climate Risk Disclosures

    Brazil

    BCB Climate Disclosure Regulation

  • EMEA

    European Union

    Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
    Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)
    European Banking Authority EBA Pillar II and III
    EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities MiFID II

    UK

    Sustainability Disclosure Requirements
    Financial Conduct Authority ESG Disclosures

  • Asia-Pacific

    China

    Green Bond Standard

    Hong Kong

    SFC Climate Risk Disclosure

    Singapore

    MAS Climate Risk Disclosure

    Australia

    AASB Standard

    New Zealand

    XRB Climate Reporting

    Malaysia

    ISSB disclosure rules

    Japan

    ISSB disclosure rules

  • Industry-specific

    Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA)

  • Voluntary Disclosure Frameworks

    TCFD | Voluntary Reporting Baseline
    ISSB | Global Baseline for Sustainability Disclosures
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

Note: The above is provided as an illustrative example. Please also note that the above is not an exhaustive list.


Features - Align Sustainability and Climate with Regulations

One convenient source

Our integrated data centralizes sustainability and climate risk management, investing and reporting. Build portfolios, manage risk, and report on exposures and progress leveraging data used across your investment process.

  • Depth and quality of data

    Our growing body of sustainability and climate data covers over 11,000 issuers, 175 sovereigns and more than 53,000 equity and fixed income mutual funds and ETFs.2 Report with confidence knowing we subject our data to rigorous quality checks, dual-vendor verification and a correction policy designed to enhance reliability.

  • Expertise within reach

    Our team of experts — including sustainability analysts, a policy research team and local consultants — monitors markets, consults with experts and participates in working groups to keep you informed of relevant regulatory trends globally.

  • Used by leaders

    MSCI is a leading provider of SFDR entity-level reporting tools to the top 50 global asset managers.3 Leading owners and managers of assets, banks and insurers use our data and tools to streamline climate and regulatory alignment and reporting.

  • Experience and expertise

    We have decades of experience helping clients prepare for sustainability and climate reporting requirements, conduct scenario analysis and stress testing, and navigate an evolving landscape of sustainable finance regulations and frameworks.


Featured products - Align Sustainability and Climate with Regulations

Simplify and streamline alignment

Simplify alignment with sustainability and climate regulatory requirements and streamline submissions in every region with our integrated data, metrics and insights.

Take charge of ISSB reporting

Report in line with the TCFD’s recommendations and ISSB sustainability standards. Our integrated data, metrics and tools for scenario analysis equip you to quantify climate-related risks and opportunities and show performance against targets. Use our climate risk reports and reporting-ready templates to assemble data and streamline reporting.

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Simplify CSRD alignment

Assess double materiality and report on the climate and sustainability characteristics of investment portfolios and loan books using the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). Get data on risk, impact and opportunities related to sustainability and climate issues including carbon emissions, biodiversity metrics, carbon credits, principal adverse impact indicators and social factors, assess your exposure to nature related risks at the asset level and measure financed emissions for your entire portfolio.

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Navigate EBA Pillar III requirements

Measure and report on climate-related risks in line with the European Banking Authority’s ESG Pillar 3 framework on prudential disclosure. Disclose climate-related risks and actions to mitigate them for each of the framework’s four main categories and 10 templates.

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Show EU Taxonomy alignment

Measure and report EU Taxonomy eligibility and alignment for companies, funds and indexes in your portfolio with investment-grade data. Streamline reporting with ready-to-use templates.

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Streamline alignment with SFDR

Assess and disclose sustainability risks and impacts with issuer-level data and aggregated portfolio- and fund-level assessments to align with SFDR disclosure requirements. Report on Principal Adverse Impacts (PAIs) and leverage MSCI’s approach to Define Sustainable Investment. Prepare and file disclosures for SFDR reporting at both the entity and product level.

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Simplify reporting for UK’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements

Assemble reporting-ready sustainability and climate data with ease. Put together entity- and product-level disclosures, streamline labeling, and show how you are managing sustainability-related risks and opportunities across your investments.

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Streamline sustainability and climate reporting

Leverage our framework-aligned regulatory reports and reporting-ready templates to help you align with the TCFD framework, EU Sustainable Finance Regulations, UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and more.

Build reports that meet your specific needs, use past reporting, and generate multiple reports simultaneously across your portfolio or enterprise.


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The MSCI difference

With a full range of integrated sustainability and climate data, we aim to help you align with regulatory requirements and simplify reporting across your entire portfolio.4

  • 40+Years of experience deriving, modeling and verifying sustainability data

  • 400+In-house climate data, policy and local-country experts shaping our solutions and helping to answer to your questions at every stage

  • 3,000+Sustainability and climate change metrics

  • 6,000+EU regulatory alignment metrics for equity, fixed income and custom indexes


Research - Align Sustainability and Climate with Regulations

Resources and research

MSCI’s Sustainable Finance newsletter

MSCI’s Sustainable Finance newsletter

Stay ahead of sustainability disclosure and get the latest updates on our sustainability and climate metrics in your inbox.

CSRD Double Materiality Assessment

CSRD Double Materiality Assessment

Assess how a company’s business activities may positively or negatively impact society or the environment using MSCI’s reporting framework.


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Footnotes - Align Sustainability and Climate with Regulations

For all references to laws, rules or regulations, please note that the information is provided “as is” and does not constitute legal advice or any binding interpretation. Any approach to comply with regulatory or policy initiatives should be discussed with your own legal counsel and/or the relevant competent authority, as needed.

  • 1 MSCI ESG Research June 2024.
  • 2 MSCI ESG Research June 2024.
  • 3 Based on an MSCI assessment of the PASI statement of the top 50 global asset managers by AUM in 2023.
  • 4 All datapoints are from MSCI ESG Research as of December 2023.