ESG is for life, not just for pandemics

Deep Dive into corporate governance

A crisis of the scale we are currently attempting to navigate comes with many risks.

Clearly, the risk to the public health is paramount, but it also carries risks for the economy. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, ESG investment was experiencing a boom. Investors flocked to specialist ESG funds - those that prioritise investment on ethical, social, and good governance lines - and demanded more from their fund managers.  However, when priorities changed to securing economic recovery, to looking for income after dividends had been scrapped by many companies, many began to question if ESG considerations risked being neglected and forgotten amongst the furore.   Covid-1...