Opinion: Will ESG investment strategies ever be 'good' enough?
For all the frameworks and taxonomies that have emerged, the industry still lacks a gold standard for ESG investing, leaving investors to make do as social and regulatory pressures mount.
The CIO of a sovereign wealth fund once mentioned to me that there are so many conflicting messages about investment strategies that you are often forced to make the decision that you believe best suits your fund and make it work.
A similar thinking applies to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. Fact is, if you looked hard enough, you could poke holes in any ESG investing strategy. That’s the problem with wanting to do good – there is no such thing as “good” enou…
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