Overview
MSCI GeoSpatial Asset Intelligence delivers asset-level nature and physical risk data to help financial institutions identify and manage risk at the local level. As extreme weather events and climate-related physical risks accelerate globally, this solution helps users explore location-specific exposures and quantify financial impacts where they matter most.
Powered by AI and large language models through a Google Cloud collaboration, the platform maps over 4.5 million locations across 780,000 public and private companies. It provides drill-down insights into individual asset locations, delivering essential data for risk management, due diligence, regulatory compliance, and engagement.
Key Features
- Company-Verified Location Data: Allows companies to verify their operating-location data directly in the platform, improving the accuracy and transparency of the underlying geospatial dataset.
- Granular Asset-Level View: Provides detailed location-based data for over 4.5 million locations across 780,000 public and private companies.
- Expansive Portfolio Coverage: Enables users to submit custom corporate or real estate asset locations on-demand and request coverage expansion for missing companies or funds.
- AI-Enabled Data Collection: Leverages AI and large language models to enhance data collection and querying processes to fuel risk calculations.
- Flexible Integration: Backed by MSCI's geospatial engineering and real-estate expertise, offering output flexibility with Snowflake to ingest data into in-house models.
Use Cases
- Quantifying Financial Impact: Translate physical climate risks into concrete financial impacts, including asset damage and business interruption for corporate facilities or real estate buildings.
- Exploring Physical Hazards: Analyze location-specific exposure to 31 physical hazards and nature risks to understand the likelihood and severity of hazards at specific sites.
- Simplifying Disclosure Reporting: Align portfolio disclosures with regulatory and voluntary frameworks, such as the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
- Enhancing Investment Due Diligence: Submit custom real estate or corporate portfolios to gain a comprehensive picture of physical and nature-related risks across asset classes.
Who It's For
This platform is designed for financial institutions, including banks, insurers, asset managers, and asset owners, who need to manage climate and nature-related risks across their portfolios or loan books.
