ESG challenges: A manager's inside perspective

Balancing sense with sustainability

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My children started it – complaining about our bottled drinking water.

The next thing I'm selling Nestlé, researching green packaging companies and uncovering moral dilemmas that make a mockery of some of the ESG ratings that are increasingly governing our industry. Sustainable/ESG funds are widely expected to come to the investment fore this year. Many advisers have historically been reticent in promoting these funds - and for good reason. ESG Blog: Morningstar European sustainable fund flows reach record levels in 2019 They are worried about the impact on performance and (justifiably) sceptical about the issue of greenwashing. They hear fund mana...

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