Bradford Seminar: “Following the Money: Private Sector Climate Investment and the Data Behind It”
Linda-Eling Lee, founding director and head of the MSCI Institute ( Morgan Stanley Capital Investment), will present “Following the Money: Private Sector Climate Investment and the Data Behind It.” This seminar will be held in-person (PUID holders only) and available via livestream (open to all). It is also a Special Joint Seminar with JRCPPF.
As founding director and head of the MSCI Institute, Lee leads the Institute’s work to advance knowledge that addresses systemic challenges and supports long-term value creation through capital markets. A member of MSCI’s Executive Committee, she previously led global sustainability and climate research at MSCI, where she built one of the world’s top teams of analysts dedicated to understanding long-term drivers of sustainable value. Lee joined MSCI in 2010 following its acquisition of RiskMetrics Group, where she led ESG ratings research and headed consumer sector analysis. She joined RiskMetrics in 2009 through its acquisition of Innovest. Prior to Innovest, Lee was Research Director at the Center for Research on Corporate Performance, developing Harvard Business School academic research into management tools to drive long-term corporate performance.
Earlier in her career she was a strategy consultant with Monitor Group in Europe and Asia, advising Fortune 500 clients in industries ranging from beverages to telecommunications.She currently serves on the Advisory Council of the IFRS Foundation, is a Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Seventh Assessment Report (IPCC AR7), and is a fellow of the Finance Leaders Fellowship of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Lee was named one of Barron’s Top 100 Women in Finance in 2019 and 2021, and was voted No. 1 for an Individual Making the Most Positive Overall Contribution to Sustainable Investment/Corporate Governance in 2018 and 2019 by Extel/IRRI. She has published research in both management and investment practitioner journals, as well as in leading peer-reviewed academic publications. She is a frequent media commentator on climate and sustainability investing, including in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and CNBC. Lee holds a doctorate in organizational behavior from Harvard, a master’s from the University of Oxford, and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College.
She publishes regularly in both scholarly journals and popular publications including Nature, Nature Climate Change, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Globe and Mail and The Boston Review.
This event is part of the David Bradford Energy and Environmental Policy Seminar Series organized by the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE) in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and co-sponsored by the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI).
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Bradford Seminar: “Following the Money: Private Sector Climate Investment and the Data Behind It”
Mon, Apr 20, 2026 ・ 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
300 Wallace Hall; Online via Media Central Live
Linda-Eling Lee, founding director and head of the MSCI Institute ( Morgan Stanley Capital Investment), will present “Following the Money: Private Sector Climate Investment and the Data Behind It.” This seminar will be held in-person (PUID holders only) and available via livestream (open to all). It is also a Special Joint Seminar with JRCPPF.
As founding director and head of the MSCI Institute, Lee leads the Institute’s work to advance knowledge that addresses systemic challenges and supports long-term value creation through capital markets. A member of MSCI’s Executive Committee, she previously led global sustainability and climate research at MSCI, where she built one of the world’s top teams of analysts dedicated to understanding long-term drivers of sustainable value. Lee joined MSCI in 2010 following its acquisition of RiskMetrics Group, where she led ESG ratings research and headed consumer sector analysis. She joined RiskMetrics in 2009 through its acquisition of Innovest. Prior to Innovest, Lee was Research Director at the Center for Research on Corporate Performance, developing Harvard Business School academic research into management tools to drive long-term corporate performance.
Earlier in her career she was a strategy consultant with Monitor Group in Europe and Asia, advising Fortune 500 clients in industries ranging from beverages to telecommunications.She currently serves on the Advisory Council of the IFRS Foundation, is a Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Seventh Assessment Report (IPCC AR7), and is a fellow of the Finance Leaders Fellowship of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Lee was named one of Barron’s Top 100 Women in Finance in 2019 and 2021, and was voted No. 1 for an Individual Making the Most Positive Overall Contribution to Sustainable Investment/Corporate Governance in 2018 and 2019 by Extel/IRRI. She has published research in both management and investment practitioner journals, as well as in leading peer-reviewed academic publications. She is a frequent media commentator on climate and sustainability investing, including in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and CNBC. Lee holds a doctorate in organizational behavior from Harvard, a master’s from the University of Oxford, and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College.
She publishes regularly in both scholarly journals and popular publications including Nature, Nature Climate Change, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Globe and Mail and The Boston Review.
This event is part of the David Bradford Energy and Environmental Policy Seminar Series organized by the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE) in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and co-sponsored by the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI).
