MSCI Sets the Bar for Assessing Carbon Project Integrity With Launch of New Ratings
2024年9月19日 - 9:00PM
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- MSCI Carbon Project Ratings independently assess the integrity
and risks of carbon credit projects across multiple criteria.
- First ratings to assess over 4,000 projects in the carbon
credit market and consider legal and ethical risks.
- Launch marks next step towards realizing MSCI’s commitment to
advance clarity and set standards in carbon credit markets.
MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision
support tools and services for the global investment community,
launched MSCI Carbon Project Ratings to enable buyers, investors,
and developers of carbon credits to better assess the quality and
integrity of carbon projects.
“Carbon markets are critical to accelerating decarbonization and
meeting net-zero goals, but only 5% of projects on the market are
considered to be of very high integrity,” said Guy Turner, Head of
MSCI Carbon Markets. “Lack of confidence in the quality and
integrity of projects is causing some buyers, investors and
developers to hesitate.”
To help clients navigate this challenge, MSCI Carbon Project
Ratings assess over 4,000 projects in the global carbon credit
market1 to offer more comprehensive, investment-grade, independent
assessments of integrity and risks. Criteria considered in MSCI’s
assessment include a project’s impact on the climate, environment
and society, as well as legal and ethical risks, including
financial crime, fraud, and sanctions.
“MSCI Carbon Project Ratings give clients the confidence to
stake their strategies, capital and reputations on carbon credits
while allowing them to compare credits across the entire market,
mitigate risks from investment decisions, and fulfill disclosure
requirements,” added Turner.
Through a transparent and rules-based methodology that leverages
MSCI’s independence and expertise in setting industry standards for
climate investing, each individual project is assessed in depth
against six criteria and over 50 sub-criteria broadly categorized
under emissions impact and implementation integrity. The rating is
a composite of these two categories and based on a seven-point
letter rating scale from AAA to CCC. Projects rated AAA have both a
high likelihood of achieving a 1 tonne emissions impact per credit
and being implemented in a way that supports positive social and/or
environmental outcomes, while upholding legal and ethical
standards.
MSCI Carbon Project Ratings integrate with the full suite of
MSCI Carbon Markets solutions to provide integrity-based insights
across the market, from integrity-based price indexes to
assessments of corporate climate performance.
About MSCI Inc. MSCI is a leading provider of critical
decision support tools and services for the global investment
community. With over 50 years of expertise in research, data, and
technology, we power better investment decisions by enabling
clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return
and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create
industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to
gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment
process. To learn more, please visit www.msci.com.
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1 As of 15 September 2024
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