The Covid effect: how pension funds are focusing on the 'S' in ESG
Once the poor cousin to the environmental pillar in ESG, a new report finds that issues around Covid are set to boost social investment over the next three years.
The ‘S’ in environmental, social and governance (ESG) has historically been the most neglected pillar of the three, but Covid-19 and stronger-than-expected returns have prompted a shift for pension funds, a new report has found.
Among 142 pensions funds surveyed with assets under management totalling EU$2.1 trillion ($2.6 trillion), 66% of respondents expect their share of social-related passive funds to increase over the next three years.
Currently, however, only 11% of respond…
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