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Jun 30, 2025

When Private Goes Public: Inside the S&P Listed Private Equity Index

The private equity (PE) industry has experienced a notable shift with a growing wave of high-profile public listings worldwide. This trend traces back to the mid-2000s, with Blackstone being among the first major firms to list its shares on the NYSE. This unlocked an era where industry giants such as KKR and Carlyle followed suit…

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Feb 11, 2025

Tilting toward Climate Resilience

In a previous blog, we delved into the S&P Global Sustainable1 Climate Action Framework, a powerful tool designed to gauge companies’ readiness for the low-carbon transition across three key pillars: Climate Governance and Strategy, Physical Risk Adaptation Strategy, and Climate Risk Mitigation and Alignment. In this blog, we introduce the recently launched S&P World Climate…

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Feb 3, 2025

Uncovering Companies’ Climate Resilience

Climate resilience refers to the ability of a system to anticipate, prepare for and respond to the impacts of climate change.1 As the world grapples with the adverse effects of a changing climate, climate resilience stands front and center in collective efforts from governments, corporations and the investment community2 alike. This blog is the first…

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Mar 8, 2023

International Women’s Day Embraces Equity

March 8th marks International Women’s Day, an event that honors and celebrates women worldwide and that has been observed for over a century. This year’s theme is Embracing Equity, and it highlights the fundamental difference between equality and equity. While these words are often used interchangeably, the former means giving everyone equal opportunities, while the…

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Jan 31, 2023

Net-Zero Targets and Temperature Alignment: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

For many people, a new year represents a chance to set new objectives and to tick (or scrap) the previous year’s list of resolutions. Whether this objective-setting exercise works is debatable. A similar phenomenon might be observed within companies. Scientific consensus maintains that net-zero emissions should be reached by 2050 if the world is to…

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Nov 15, 2022

Reversing the Entropy of Climate Change

According to the second law of thermodynamics, the state of disorder or chaos of a system, also known as entropy, increases over time, defining the so-called arrow of time. Applying this analogy to Earth, is the world headed into chaos as climate change unfolds? Not necessarily. Just as entropy can decrease if useful work is…

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Aug 24, 2022

Minimizing Carbon Intensity with the S&P Carbon Control Indices

When it comes to climate change, one of the most effective mitigation options is to decarbonize the economy.1 Not only does the world need to rethink energy systems, transport technologies and materials production processes, but also the role of capital in financing the low-carbon transition. Low-carbon indices offer market participants an efficient way of managing…

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Jun 23, 2022

Data Driving the Weights within the S&P 500 Net Zero 2050 Paris-Aligned ESG Index

The World Meteorological Organization estimates that there is a 50% chance that global warming will exceed 1.5°C before 2026.1 The International Panel on Climate Change has warned that time is running out—climate change is no longer a problem for the future, and its associated physical risks are materializing more evidently.2 The world may need to…

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May 3, 2022

ESG in Australian Strategies: How Does It Look?

The world of sustainable investing, better known for incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into what was before mostly financially driven investment decision-making, seems to be here to stay. As ESG index investing continues to evolve, so does our suite of ESG indices—expanding both in terms of methodologies and regions covered. Australia is no…

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Mar 22, 2022

How Does the S&P Europe 350 ESG Index Work?

Launched in 2019, the S&P Europe 350® ESG Index is designed to represent a broad-based, sustainable European benchmark. The index looks to provide an efficient tool for those aiming to focus on the European market, while aligning investments with ESG principles. Here, we dive into how the index achieves this—and why index design matters. How…

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