- An investor investing in the MSCI World since 2015 would have had higher annual emissions intensity reduction (measured in WACI) than an investor invested in its low-carbon counterparts.
- An investor investing $1 billion in 2007 in the MSCI World ESG Leaders Index would have earned 0.8% more over a 14-year period (measured in gross returns) relative to the MSCI World market benchmark
- Investing in the MSCI Environmental Index involves investing 50% of your assets in one company: Tesla. The same company that according to MSCI is aligned with a 2.63°C temperature outcome.
- Market-cap weighted benchmarks overweight economic sectors by up to 5x-6x relative to their “economic weight”
- The new MSCI World Climate index is dramatically improved in terms of climate alignment performance based on the RMI PACTA methodology
