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ESG investing has been a major theme among open-ended fund managers for quite some time, with both asset managers and asset allocators increasingly taking steps to minimise their carbon footprint, reduce sustainability risks and maximise the positive social impacts of their portfolios.

According to BNP Paribas's latest ESG Global Survey, which gathered the opinions of 178 asset managers running at least $1bn each, 62% of them already incorporate an ESG process into their open-ended funds, and 90% expect they will be doing so in 2021. Meanwhile, the latest quarterly sales figures from the Investment Association showed inflows into open-ended responsible investment funds increased seven-fold to £1.3bn in Q4 2019, compared to inflows seen in Q1 the same year of £190m. ESG Blog: Charles Stanley finds nearly half of investors plan to increase ESG exposure But while th...