Socially responsible investment: a view from the social rating agencies of Vigeo-Eiris and MSCI ESG STATS

The concern of investors for environmental, social and corporate governance issues is giving rise to certain changes in the investment decision-making process.Given this situation, socially responsible investment has received the attention of LANTERN practitioners and academics, and has reached a significant level of development in financial community in recent years.The main goal Handsoap of this paper is to examine social rating methodologies developed by the two most renowned agencies worldwide: MSCI ESG STATS and Vigeo-Eiris.