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Ideas

Financing Climate Action as Earth Day Turns 50

Apr 22, 2020

Climate change risks have never been more acute, as the world’s largest environmental movement reaches a milestone. That’s why financial institutions, policymakers and investors are mobilizing markets to meet the challenges of reducing carbon emissions and other pollutants, such as plastic waste, to safeguard our planet and reduce risks, while creating opportunity and growth.

Investment Management

Five Sectors to Watch as the World Addresses Climate Change

Investors should be aware of the sectors most likely to see the economic effects of new climate change policies.

Institute for Sustainable Investing

Uncharted Waters: A Ganges River Expedition to Study Plastic Waste

How scientists, communities in India and Bangladesh and one citizen science mobile app are helping mitigate plastic waste in the Ganges.

Institute for Sustainable Investing

Refugee ETF Wins 2020 Sustainable Investing Challenge

The team from NYU’s Stern School of Business and Wagner School of Public Service proposed a novel ETF designed to facilitate the economic integration of refugees.

A Year of Advancing Our Plastic Waste Reduction Goals

In the year since we announced our Plastic Waste Resolution, we’ve reduced plastic in our operations and tapped the capital markets to create investable solutions.

Firm Leadership

Why Plastic Waste is a C-Suite Issue

Developing solutions to prevent plastic waste can be a strategic business opportunity, and it’s time for C-suite members to recognize it, says Chief Sustainability Officer Audrey Choi in Harvard Business Review.

Institute for Sustainable Investing

The Missing Piece in the Climate Change Risk Puzzle

Companies and investors often overlook the costly knock-on effects of climate change. The solution? Accounting for climate change vulnerability.

Why the Coronavirus Puts a New Lens on ESG Investing

The coronavirus pandemic will put more companies under scrutiny for decisions that impact employees, customers and society. What ESG investors need to know now.

Investment Management

Bondholders to Companies: Let’s Talk About Climate Change

Creditors are newly empowered to press for action and financial disclosures on climate change from companies in which they hold debt.

Wealth Management

How to Choose a Sustainable Fund

Identifying sustainable investments that are truly focused on environmental and social goals can be harder than you might expect. Here’s how to go about it.

Wealth Management

How to Build a Green Portfolio

You can seek to generate positive financial returns while benefiting the environment. Here are some different ways to approach that transition.

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Institute for Sustainable Investing

Climate Change as an Investment Megatrend

How investors, companies and regulators are recognizing climate change risks more than ever before.

Learn about Sustainability at Morgan Stanley

For more than a decade, Morgan Stanley has integrated sustainability into the firm’s activities through three core areas of focus: Solutions and Services, the Institute for Sustainable Investing and Firmwide Sustainability.

Investment Management

Six Climate Investing Myths Debunked

The six biggest misconceptions preventing investors from funding solutions to climate challenges.

Sales and Trading

Sustainability Bonds Focus on a More Livable Future

State and local governments are turning to the capital markets to fund projects that address their biggest challenges, such as climate change adaptation, affordable housing and homelessness.

Institute for Sustainable Investing

Entrepreneurs and the Race for Plastic Waste Innovation

Morgan Stanley's Multicultural Innovation Lab is searching for startups that address plastic waste reduction for its 2020 cohort.

Institute for Sustainable Investing

Harnessing Citizen Science in the Battle Against Plastic Waste

National Geographic Society, the University of Georgia and Morgan Stanley team up to offer ideas on how we all can help reduce plastic waste (and, yes, there’s an app for that).