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Steering Toward an Aligned Portfolio
Jun 11, 2024
The Net Zero Investment Framework (NZIF) maturity-scale alignment provides a simple way to start analyzing portfolio alignment with the goals of the Paris Agreement. In this report, using the MSCI Climate Change Metrics, we applied an indicative data-mapping solution that matches issuers against the NZIF-alignment maturity scale. We applied this solution to the constituents of the MSCI World Investable Market Index (IMI) and MSCI Emerging Markets IMI to assess how well these listed companies were aligned with net-zero emissions by 2050, according to the NZIF maturity scale.
Distribution of maturity-scale criteria
Data as of April 23, 2024. Source: MSCI ESG Research
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Research authors
- Kenji Watanabe, Vice President, MSCI Research
- Anthony Chan, Vice President, MSCI Research
- Kuldeep Yadav, Vice President, MSCI Research
- Siyao He, Senior Associate, MSCI Research
- Anett Husi, Analyst, MSCI Research
- Tanguy Séné, Executive Director, MSCI Research
- Sylvain Vanston, Executive Director, MSCI Research
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