MSCI Inc.

MSCI (solutions suite)

MSCI's climate and nature suite spans Climate Value-at-Risk, issuer-level Physical Risk Metrics, Regional Physical Hazard Metrics and GeoSpatial Asset Intelligence, with forward-looking, returns-based hazard impacts and climate-adjusted default probabilities for financial institutions; a public methodology guide documents the hazard-exposure-vulnerability framework behind the physical-risk metrics. It extends to transition metrics, implied temperature rise and dedicated nature and biodiversity solutions covering dependencies and ecosystem-sensitive locations, plus real-estate climate analytics. Distinctive for its scale and integration with MSCI's wider ESG, index and analytics ecosystem embedded across global investment workflows.

Vendor methodology

Transparency Score

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Public transparency, not model quality iThe Transparency Score (0–3) estimates public methodological transparency: the degree to which the vendor's analytical approach to modeling climate and nature risk can be assessed from publicly available sources. It is explicitly not a measure of vendor quality or accuracy.

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Methodology-relevant: vendor websites or external resources explain methodological details.

Methodology-relevant: a public Climate Value-at-Risk methodology document sets out the model structure, NGFS/REMIND scenario inputs and the hazard-to-valuation logic; deeper parameters stay proprietary.

For further information, see the section 'Transparency Score methodology' in the Readme.

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