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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, host Mike Disabato of MSCI ESG Research walk through the latest news and research that is top of mind for MSCI ESG Research clients and partners. MSCI ESG Research products and services are provided by MSCI ESG Research LLC, and are designed to provide in-depth research, ratings and analysis of environmental, social and governance-related business practices to companies worldwide. ESG ratings, data and analysis from MSCI ESG Research LLC are also used in the construction of the MSCI ESG Indexes. MSCI ESG Research LLC is a Registered Investment Adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and a subsidiary of MSCI Inc.

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Episodes

How human capital and corporate culture have evolved due to COVID‐19

Host: Bentley Kaplan; Guests: Adam Young; Peter Aling; Andrew Young, ESG Research; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

Aug 18, 2020•24 min

The ESG Weekly: Uber and Lyft drivers are now employees, and McDonald's sues it former CEO

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Bentley Kaplan, ESG Research; Ric Marshall, ESG Research; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

Aug 14, 2020•15 min

The ESG Weekly: Companies say HVAC systems are the answer to COVID‐19, and social bonds overtake green bonds

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Morgan Ellis, ESG Research; Meghna Mehta, ESG Research; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

Aug 07, 2020•15 min

The ESG Weekly: We can measure a country's ESG risk, and Nike fires its diversity chief

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Bhaveer Shah, ESG Research; Gillian Mollod, ESG Research; Meggin Thwing Eastman, ESG Research; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

Jul 31, 2020•19 min

The ESG Weekly: Airlines are bailed out by ESG, and people are sanctioned with companies

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Florian Sommer, ESG Research; Arne Klug, ESG Research; Harlan Tufford, ESG Research; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

Jul 24, 2020•17 min

The ESG Weekly: Rewarding CEOs for being good, and immigrants develop a lot of our technology

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Samuel Block, ESG Research; Christina Milhomem, ESG Research; Siping Guo, ESG Research; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

Jul 17, 2020•19 min

The ESG Weekly: Pipelines are OVER; and are drug prices too high?

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Antonios Panagiotopoulos, ESG Research; Umar Ashfaq, ESG Research; Julia Giguere-Morello, ESG Research; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

Jul 10, 2020•22 min

The ESG Weekly: The importance of scope 3 emissions and the Facebook boycott

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Leslie Swynghedauw, ESG Research; Oliver Marchand, ESG Research; Siyu Liu, ESG Research; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

Jul 03, 2020•18 min

The ESG Weekly: Wirecard collapse exposes lack of proper governance

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Andrew Young, ESG Research; Florian Sommer, ESG Research; Ric Marshall, ESG Research; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

Jun 26, 2020•17 min

The ESG Weekly: As Norilsk counts the cost of a diesel spill in the arctic, thawing permafrost sounds a cautionary tale

Host: Bentley Kaplan; Guests: Sam Block, ESG Research; Brendan Baker, ESG Research; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

Jun 19, 2020•21 min

The ESG Weekly: Racial diversity data, contractor safety at construction companies during COVID‐19

Host: Mike Disabato; Guest: Meggin Thwing Eastman, ESG Research; Bentley Kaplan, ESG Research; Morgan Ellis, ESG Research; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

Jun 12, 2020•23 min

ESG Spotlight: Looking at externally managed companies through a freshly polished lens

Host: Bentley Kaplan; Guest: Malin Walterson, governance analyst; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

Jun 09, 2020•19 min

The ESG Weekly: Twitter curates content but Facebook does not, there are some companies cutting carbon

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Linda-Eling Lee, Head of ESG Research; Andrew Young, ESG Research; Velina Karadzhova, ESG Research; Kevin Kwok, ESG Research Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

Jun 05, 2020•21 min

The ESG Weekly: Dam failure floods a Dow Chemical complex threatening toxic sites, the physical risk of climate change

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Cyrus Lotfipour, ESG Research; Gillian Mollod, ESG Research; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

May 29, 2020•17 min

The ESG Weekly: The ESG of vaccines, and shareholders say JPM must talk climate

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Julia Giguere-Morello, biopharmaceuticals analyst; Alan Brett, governance analyst; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

May 22, 2020•19 min

The ESG Weekly: Safety at airports, biofuel bailouts, and EU Taxonomy

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Bentley Kaplan, airports analyst; Umar Ashfaq, energy analyst; Megahan Peterson, EU Taxonomy anaylst; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

May 15, 2020•18 min

ESG Spotlight: Oil, gas, and the small matter of an energy transition

Host: Bentley Kaplan; Guest: Antonios Panagiotopoulos, oil and gas lead analyst; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

May 12, 2020•17 min

The ESG Weekly: Medical tourism and meat‐packers take a COVID‐19‐sized hit and warning bells ring over deforestation pledges

Host: Bentley Kaplan; Guests: Jurgita Balaisyte, Southeast Asia analyst; Leslie Swynghedauw, food products lead analyst; Jingmin Hu, retail lead analyst; Meghna Mehta, green bonds analyst; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

May 08, 2020•22 min

The ESG Weekly: Investors are worrying about the wrong workplace safety measures, green buildings are healthier during pandemics, and what it is like to be in China right now

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Samuel Block, ESG Research; Morgan Ellis, ESG Research; Xiaoshu Wang, ESG Research; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

May 01, 2020•19 min

The ESG Weekly: Banks and recessions, Bayer calls a virtual meeting, and COVID‐19 is spreading in Japan

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Jakub Malich, ESG Research; Florian Sommer, ESG Research; Minako Takaba, ESG Research; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

Apr 24, 2020•21 min

ESG Spotlight: Understanding indexes and ESG as COVID‐19 tightens the screws

Host: Bentley Kaplan; Guest: Guido Giese, core equity researcher; Listen on Apple Podcasts ..

Apr 21, 2020•13 min

The ESG Weekly: COVID‐19 in private prisons, companies troubled in France, and investor sentiments on COVID

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Linda-Eling Lee, Head of ESG Research; Andrew Young, ESG Research; Aurelie Ratte, ESG Research.

Apr 17, 2020•19 min

The ESG Weekly: Carbon emissions and pandemics, then we discuss how drugs are rushed forward

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Oliver Marchand, ESG Research; Nathan Faigle, ESG Research; Julia Giguere-Morello, ESG Research.

Apr 10, 2020•19 min

Re-valuing real estate: investing in the eye of the hurricane

Host: Bentley Kaplan; Guests: Phil Barttram, Executive Director for MSCI Real Estate; Morgan Ellis, lead analyst on real estate; Tali Hoffman, science communicator.

Apr 07, 2020•24 min

The ESG Weekly: How are companies considering ESG factors during the coronavirus pandemic?

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Ric Marshall, ESG Research; Arne Klug, ESG Research; Olga Emelianova, ESG Research; Josephn Williams ESG Research; Special thanks to Jingmin Hu and Leslie Swynghedauw.

Apr 03, 2020•22 min

The ESG Weekly: Can bonds save us from the coronavirus? And old folks on boards

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Meghna Mehta, green bonds researcher; Ric Marshall, governance analyst.

Mar 27, 2020•18 min

The ESG Weekly: Industries look to survive, adapt or capitalize as the Coronavirus marches on

Host: Bentley Kaplan; Guests: Arne Klug, airlines lead analyst; Jingmin Hu, retail lead analyst; SK Kim, restaurants lead analyst; Siyu Liu, telecoms lead analyst; Ric Marshall, head of governance research.

Mar 20, 2020•21 min

The ESG Weekly: COVID‐2019 is a bellwether for investors on structural risks in companies, and the oil price wars get weirder

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Andrew Young, researcher on human capital; Antonios Panagiotopoulos, researcher on oil and gas.

Mar 13, 2020•18 min

The ESG Weekly: Drug shortages and the coronavirus, from whence your drugs came

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Aurelie Ratte, lead analyst on healthcare, Julia Giguere-Morello, lead analyst on pharmaceuticals, and Olga Emelianova, head of ESG research.

Mar 06, 2020•21 min

The ESG Weekly: The victims of Camp Fire 2018 are now owners of PG&E, the company that caused the wildfires.

Host: Mike Disabato; Guests: Umar Ashfaq, lead analyst for PG&E, and Ric Marshall, head of governance research.

Feb 28, 2020•20 min

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