MSCI Inc, a provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, has partnered with GeoQuant and ELEVATE to enhance the capability of MSCI’s ESG data ecosystem.

MSCI clients will now have access to GeoQuant’s ESG Geopolitical Risk Dataset, which fuses political and computer science to provide daily indicators and two-year predictions on 40-plus governance, social, security, and environmental risks across 127 countries.

 Through GeoQuant's “Human + Machine (AI)” model, large volumes of reputable data, news and social media content are sorted to create intelligent algorithms that are further calibrated by a team of PhD political scientists and country-specific experts. The GeoQuant ESG Geopolitical Risk Dataset iss by risk type, sector and asset class, allowing investors the ability to integrate geopolitical risk considerations systematically. 

To further support investors’ desire to understand social and governance risks within portfolios, ELEVATE’s Supply Chain ESG Risk Ratings aggregate data on supply chains in more than 100 countries. The data is collected through direct engagement with suppliers and workers and is independently audited and verified before being used in ELEVATE’s proprietary Supply Chain ESG Risk Ratings. ELEVATE’s assessment includes an overall score, as well as 38 sub-scores organised under labour, health and safety, environment, business ethics and management systems. The product dataset includes risk assessments on the human rights vulnerabilities of workers and communities involved in the sourcing of a range of products and can be segmented by industry, country and other key categories.