Miranda Carr

Head of Applied ESG & Climate Research, MSCI

Miranda Carr, who joined MSCI in January 2021, is Head of Applied ESG & Climate Research, with a focus on the key issues and developments in ESG & Climate in the Asian region. She has developed ESG integration frameworks for key APAC clients.

Prior to joining MSCI, Miranda was Senior ESG Analyst at Haitong International, one of China’s largest securities companies, where she worked from 2015-20 and launched their ‘ESG in Asia’ research product. Before that, she spent 8 years analyzing Chinese government policy and investment strategy as Head of Research for an independent research company, NSBO, in London/Beijing.

In 2003, she obtained an MSc from Bayes Business School (formerly CASS Business School), where she focused on Socially Responsible Investment.

Key work at MSCI:

  • Annual APAC ESG Trends papers, analyzing ESG & Climate performance and development in the APAC markets.

  • Position paper on reporting ESG & Climate in long/short portfolios.

  • Major ESG integration project and risk/return analysis on global ESG performance for key Asian asset owner.

  • Member of Singapore and Australian Taxonomy industry working groups and co-author of paper on APAC ESG & Climate regulatory landscape.