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WWF & MSCI
Since November 2024, WWF has partnered with MSCI, one of the world’s leading financial data providers, to integrate data from the WWF Biodiversity Risk Filter (WWF BRF) into the MSCI’s product suite, and extensive geospatial asset database covering 3.7 million assets worldwide.
ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP
The collaboration between WWF Switzerland, WWF Germany, and MSCI marks an important step in advancing the integration of nature into investment decisions and stewardship activities worldwide. WWF acts as a data provider and technical advisor for nature-related data.
By combining WWF’s biodiversity expertise with MSCI’s reach across financial institutions, this partnership creates a new leverage which might influence global capital flows that can contribute to nature-positive outcomes. At the heart of the partnership are WWF and MSCI working together to bring insights from WWF Biodiversity Risk Filter to financial institutions. To this end, the partnership combines two powerful data resources:
- 29 distinct indicators from WWF Biodiversity Risk Filter (WWF BRF), which measures corporate dependencies, risks and impact drivers on nature,
- MSCI's extensive geospatial dataset of 3.7 million economic assets that tracks corporate and real estate activity worldwide.
This integration enables location-specific assessments of nature-related risks, impacts, and dependencies because biodiversity is location-specific. This context is critical in biodiversity assessments and the new MSCI products integrating WWF BRF data will make these granular assessments readily accessible to financial institutions.
Financial institutions can now use the data to:
- Determine their portfolio and sectoral exposure to nature-related risks.
- Identify high-risk companies and high-risk assets for engagement and risk mitigation
- Support their voluntary or regulatory reporting
Interested?
If you are interested in learning more about the data and organize a demo please reach out to us!
Nicola Lei Ravello - Partnership Lead, WWF RFS for Financial Institutions ([email protected])
CASE STUDIES
A new MSCI case study - part of an ongoing series on nature-related risk data - demonstrates these use cases for the MSCI Company Biodiversity Risk Metrics. It also unveils key statistics, showing that trillions in corporate revenues are exposed to nature-related risks—and profit margins are often insufficient to absorb them.
The message is clear: this study shows we now have enough data to assess key exposures of nature-related financial risk—and it is material. The lack of data can no longer justify inaction. Investors who want to align portfolios with the transition to a nature-positive economy need to start screening, engaging and mitigating these risks now.
METHODOLOGY
Want to understand how WWF BRF indicators are incorporated into the MSCI products? We have a dedicated document for that:
