How to convince the ESG sceptics
Trying to find ways to get colleagues to embrace responsible investment strategies can be frustrating but it becomes easier when the business case includes the bottom line.
Speaking at the PRI in Person in Paris in a panel to highlight the role of finance in addressing social issues, Ghanaian James Kofi Annan, sold into slavery at the age of six, told his story.
Trying to find ways to get colleagues to embrace responsible investment strategies can be frustrating but it becomes easier when the business case includes the bottom line.
A social impact fund and innovative engagement with investee companies make ESG an integrated part of the culture at private equity firm TPG, co-chief executive Jon Winkelried said in an interview.
Integration of ESG strategies into passive investment is becoming easier with greater sophistication and is set to grow, a panel of experts said.
The seven-year drought plaguing the state with the world’s fifth-largest economy highlights supply-chain issues and other concerns that investors need to take seriously.
Investors said the move away from the carbon economy in response to climate change was definitely coming and would be difficult. They shared some of the ways they’re getting ready.
Leading investors are moving forward on climate change by pouring funds into sustainable investments and applying energy-saving strategies to assets already in their portfolios.
PRI in Person