Indices insights: Climate investing requires multiple perspectives

When investing in the climate transition, it’s important to view every company from multiple perspectives. By measuring emerging market companies' alignment with Sustainable Development Goals 7 and 13, we get a much more nuanced perspective. High-carbon footprint companies can be climate leaders and low-carbon footprint companies can actually be climate laggards. Beyond emissions, there are many ways in which a company can accelerate or hinder the climate transition.