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Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) news and investment research brought to you weekly covering major market trends and new research insights. With topics ranging from climate impact on investment portfolios, corporate actions, trending investment topics, and emerging ESG issues, hosts Mike Disabato and Bentley Kaplan of MSCI ESG Research walk through the latest news and research that is top of mind for the week.
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Children are still in the Cocoa Field
This week we provide an update to our March 2022 episode titled Children in the Cocoa Field that explored the growing problem of child labor in cocoa harvesting. And the attempt by Nestlé to use money and enhanced mapping technology to combat its prevalence. It sounds bleak, but it was a great story about how technology is allowing for better transparency in our world's supply chain.
Host: Michael Disabato, MSCI ESG Research
Guest: Cole Martin, MSCI ESG Research -
Unwrapping the Green Claims of Plastic Packaging
Plastic is an inescapable reality of the modern world. But trading off its convenience and versatility for environmental and health impacts is getting harder. Companies that make or rely on plastic are being pushed to improve recyclability and reuse. And as tempting as it is to believe everything you read on a label, it looks like the road to a genuine circular economy is still going to be a little bumpy.
Host: Margarita Grabert, MSCI ESG Research
Guest: Sam Block, MSCI ESG Research -
The SEC Tests out the Climate
The SEC’s climate disclosure rule is finally here. It’s been a journey, one akin to a film drama full of plot twists, cliff hangers and edge of the seat moments. So in honor of the drama, this week we do a film review of sorts on this wide reaching regulation - going into the plot, the actors involved, and how the industry is likely to be affected by it.
Host: Michael Disabato, MSCI ESG Research
Guest: Zohir Uddin, MSCI Government and Regulatory Affairs; Mathew Lee, MSCI ESG Research -
Women on Boards and Beyond!
We have been reporting on board’s gender diversity since 2009, and while progress has undoubtedly been made, the road ahead is still long. Linda-Eling Lee from MSCI’s Sustainability Institute tells us why we started compiling this report in the first place, and how it has managed to remain relevant in 2024. Then, our colleague Christina Milhomem tells us what the numbers say- what has or hasn’t changed, which regulations are coming our way- and why investors should think of diversity as an indicator of management oversight.
Host: Gabriela de la Serna, MSCI ESG Research
Guest: Linda-Eling Lee, MSCI Sustainability Institute; Christina Milhomem, MSCI ESG Research -
ExxonMobil's Legal Parry
ExxonMobil filed a legal complaint against two of its own shareholders, who were hoping to put a climate-related proposal to a vote at the company’s upcoming AGM. We discuss why it’s a decision that could have consequences for the wider shareholder community and the companies they invest in.
Host: Bentley Kaplan, MSCI ESG Research
Guest: Harlan Tufford, MSCI ESG Research -
The Luxury of Love
Valentines day is replete with marketing by luxury brands attempting to capture the eyes of anxious lovers wanting to do right by their partners during the holiday. But what can you know about the product you’re buying from a luxury company? Can you know where its raw materials are sourced? Or where that material is produced? And who’re running these luxurious companies? We discuss all this and more on this week’s episode of ESG now.
Host: Mike Disabato, MSCI ESG Research
Guest: Liz Houston, MSCI ESG Research
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Recording quality
Interesting content, would be great to be able to actually hear more of it. That, however, is hard because the recording quality sucks. Please turn of the continually looping background beat, increase the volume, and use better microphones, especially for guests. And the sound quality of phone calls is horrible.