Paul Robinson, CEO of Alquity Investment Management, explains how investors in emerging and frontier markets can use a sustainable investment strategy to their advantage.
How are sustainable investment strategies evolving? With growth of 425% in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) space since 2006, and nearly $35tn in assets under management, the signs are sustainable investment is set to become mainstream. In short, sustainable investment is an approach integrating long-term ESG criteria into decisions made on investment and ownership, with a view to making superior, risk-adjusted financial returns. Initial moves into sustainable investing sought to exclude any sectors or companies from a potential investable universe if they fell into ...
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