It is important to note that companies that do not make the list are not deemed untrustworthy by default. Those that appear here are simply the 50 with the highest score for the past four fiscal quarters.
In fact, Ric Marshall, executive director of MSCI ESG Research notes that “beyond the 50 there are a lot of companies that do meet similar standards.
By and large there have been a lot of positive changes in this industry as a whole,” particularly, he said, among insurance companies, REITs, and smaller banks.
