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MSCI launches climate change indexes for China stocks

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MSCI published two climate change indexes on Tuesday that allow investors in China stocks to lean toward companies with lower carbon emissions.

FILE PHOTO: The MSCI logo is seen in this June 20, 2017 illustration photo. REUTERS/Thomas White/IllustrationThe move represents MSCI's efforts to promote environmental, social and governance standards in China, where the government seeks a difficult balance between reducing pollution and sustaining growth in a coronavirus-hit economy.The newly created climate change indexes were based on the MSCI China Index and the MSCI China A Index.

Jack Lin, head of APAC client coverage at MSCI, expects investors to increasingly focus on the climate change indexes.

 

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