The share of listed companies that have published a decarbonization target has increased to 48%, as of May 31, 2023, up from 27% three years ago.1“The MSCI Net-Zero Tracker, July 2023 update.” MSCI ESG Research, July 2023. Still, listed companies are on track to warm the planet 2.5°C above preindustrial levels this century.2See note 1
The ambition gap: One-fifth (22%) of listed companies align with a 1.5°C pathway
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*Estimate is based on MSCI's Implied Temperature Rise metric, which estimates the rise in average global temperatures if the whole economy had the same carbon-budget overshoot or undershoot as the company or portfolio in question.
Source: MSCI ESG Research, data as of May 31, 2023.