Morningstar Sustainability Atlas Indexes Best And Worst ESG Picks Worldwide
The Morningstar Sustainability Atlas now enables users to review 46 country-specific equity indexes to find geographic areas that offer the best investment opportunities while also helping investors avoid the worst, according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.
For this year’s Atlas—a color-coded map of global markets—researchers analyzed Morningstar’s entire suite of global equity indexes, representing 97% of global market capitalization. And for the first time, researchers have incorporated the Morningstar Portfolio Carbon Metrics to assess companies’ vulnerability to the transition away from a fossil fuel-intensive economy.
Sustainability assessments are provided to Morningstar by ESG researcher Sustainalytics, which assigns ESG scores to more than 10,000 companies across the globe, then compares their ESG profiles with global industry peers, based on industry-relevant indicators.