NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, has today launched a tool to help investors assess their exposure and alignment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).

The MSCI SDG Alignment Tool is designed to provide investors with a complete view of a company’s net contribution – both positive and negative – towards addressing each of the 17 UN SDGs. The launch follows MSCI‘s collaboration in 2018 with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on a joint discussion paper, “Institutional Investing for the SDGs,” which was intended to spark discussion among stakeholders and market participants. The tool brings together MSCI’s framework covering over 8,600 equity and fixed income issuers, with analysis of the full range of a company’s operations, products, services, policies and practices, to evaluate its