You want to be confident that your ESG policy rests on a solid foundation and can be defended in the event of challenge. These five tests are a useful framework to that end.
The six, seven, eight mutually-reinforcing forces that are driving the growth in ESG investing.
ESG is in the midst of a transition from the periphery to the mainstream, driven by a number of mutually-reinforcing factors. This subject is not going away.
Response to the DOL’s proposed rule on financial factors in selecting plan investments.
This post links to comments submitted to the US Department of Labor regarding their proposed update to the treatment of ESG considerations in selecting plan investments
ESG objectives do not need to come at the expense of financial goals.
To argue that ESG goals must necessarily compromise financial ones ascribes magical powers to the optimization process – powers that, because of the uncertainty in the inputs and the flatness of the utility curve, simply do not exist.
Most regulators do not see their biggest challenge as being an insufficient focus on short-term profit.
One of the most important things that good regulators do is to minimize any misalignment between individual incentives and the wider good. That means encouraging a long-term responsible mindset among investors.
Sustainable investing is a goat rodeo. That’s why investment firms need to pay attention.
Sustainability is a difficult, messy, ill-defined, fast-changing, real-life challenge. And it’s where the real investment process development is happening.