Sustainable Festival: Sir Ronald Cohen heralds 'new era' of social impact risk

The market is on the brink of a new era where the social strengths of ESG champions will help them overcome incumbents, according to Apex Partners founder and ‘godfather of British venture capital’ Sir Ronald Cohen.

Speaking at the Sustainable Investment Festival, Cohen said that society is now at a point similar to the 1950s when risk first began to be objectively and academically calculated. Sustainable Festival: Boring Money's James Adams warns advisers are underestimating client interest in ESG This led to the ideals of risk and return as they stand today, but a change in values and new ways of calculating risk incorporating social strengths mean investment is now at an inflection point, Cohen explained to the festival's audience. "We are on the brink of a new era," he said. "I believe ris...