Pandemic a real-time experiment on ESG investing
This year provided a real-time laboratory to test the effectiveness of ethical investing and for many investors the results confirmed their original beliefs.
Alex Dunnin describes the coronavirus pandemic as a grand real-time experiment on the effectiveness of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing.
And so far, investment managers who put their funds into companies which follow environmental, social and governance principles have outperformed non-ESG funds as sharemarkets were hit by the impact of the global pandemic, says Dunnin, executive director of research & compliance at finance sector research house Rainmaker.
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