Publications

MIT and Mass PRIM head up new ESG measurement project
Other - SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

To read this full article you need to be subscribed to Newsline.

Sign in Sign up for a FREE subscription

MIT and Mass PRIM head up new ESG measurement project

by Kali Persall

The MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, a program within the MIT Sloan School of Management, has launched the Aggregate Confusion Project in an effort to address measurement challenges for ESG data.

The project has four key goals:

Reduce the level of noise in measuring specific ESG categories such as labor treatment, carbon emissions and product safety Understand the effect of ESG-driven investment flows on stock price and firm behavior Develop smarter ways to aggregate ESG factors into composite indices Reliably assess investor preferences to enable ESG indices to be more customized and attuned to investors' values

The founding member of the project is the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management (Mass PRIM) board, which manages the $75 billion Pension Reserves Investment Trust (PRIT) Fund. This pooled investment fund invests the pension assets on behalf of the Massachusetts Teachers', the State Employees' Re

Forgot your username or password?