Sustainability and Climate Trends to Watch for 2025
- Climate
- Sustainable Investing
We’re excited to announce the release of the 2025 edition of MSCI’s Sustainability and Climate Trends to Watch report, which explores the evolving risks and emerging opportunities for capital markets in the year ahead.
This year’s report highlights the most important themes and provides data-driven insights to help clients identify new opportunities and navigate emerging risks in the year to come:
- Climate reality check: Extreme-weather events in 2024 emphasize climate risk and the need for investors to prioritize resilience and adaptation across their portfolios.
- Social risks rise in equity markets: With tech stocks leading equities, the social risks—like privacy and human capital—now overshadow environmental concerns and shift the sustainability lens for investors
- AI’s data dilemma: As access to training information tightens, commercial success will depend on having the right data. Are companies building their AI models on solid foundations?
- Governance power shift: U.S. shareholders push for binding majority votes, signaling a potential shift in corporate governance and a renewed focus on financial performance.
- Carbon markets at a crossroads: As quality standards rise and compliance demands create new opportunities, carbon markets may be poised for a rebound.
- Private capital’s energy-transition advantage: Investors are looking for ways to capitalize on the energy transition but need to know where to direct their efforts. Private markets may have the solutions.