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ESG ratings are a helpful baseline to assess companies, but views on their ESG risks and opportunities can be honed – and sometimes corrected – through deeper research, trend analysis and meetings with company executives.

MSCI’s Net-Zero Tracker finds listed companies have less than six years to align with the global warming target

Professional Pensions rounds up some of the latest ESG and climate news from across the industry.

MSCI has launched eight indices to enable institutional investors to position their portfolios in line with the Paris Agreement to keep global temperatures within 1.5 degrees.

James Baxter-Derrington talks to ESG investment specialists about current issues in the ESG ratings market and how the market might look in years to come.

Here they are… The shortlists for this year's Professional Pensions Investment Awards.

Dan Roarty looks at how the companies with the strongest ESG ratings have fared financially in comparison to their peers throughout the pandemic