MSCI Inc. and Moody’s Corporation have partnered to bring transparency on ESG and sustainability to markets and power better decisions.
Moody’s will leverage MSCI’s sustainability data and models, utilised by asset managers and asset owners, to enhance their decision-making capabilities. The recently signed agreement includes MSCI’s industry-leading ESG ratings and content, which assess a company’s management of financially relevant ESG risks and opportunities. Moody’s plans to transition its existing ESG data and scores to include MSCI’s sustainability content, offering a range of solutions for its customers in the banking, insurance, and corporate sectors.
MSCI, in turn, will gain access to Moody’s Orbis database having firmographic information on over 500 million entities, to expand its private company ESG coverage. Additionally, MSCI and Moody’s will explore solutions that combine Moody’s private company data and credit scoring models to provide deeper insights into the private credit market.
Rob Fauber, President and CEO of Moody’s said, “This partnership is a real win-win, as Moody’s customers gain access to MSCI’s renowned ESG content and MSCI customers will gain access to Moody’s world-class risk assessment expertise, data and insights.”