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Navigating the ESG Labyrinth

 

April 21, 2020

[vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_media_type_category]By Robeco

A guide to integrating sustainability across asset classes

Robeco has long believed in sustainable investing and in the 1990s was one of the first asset managers to take it seriously. From small beginnings, the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in the investment process has grown exponentially over the past two decades. We embrace it wholly, integrating ESG criteria into the investment process for our entire range of fundamental equities, fixed income, quantitative and bespoke sustainability strategies. And it is not just us: over half of all asset managers in Europe now use sustainable investing in one form or another, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance.

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