Sustainability is on the front foot in a Covid-19 world

No time for half measures in ESG push

Nobody could have predicted the Covid-19 pandemic, nor the health crisis that ensued. The risk of infectious disease was not at the forefront of concerns for any investor, 'sustainable' or otherwise

While arguably the greatest challenge of our time, it has also accelerated one of the biggest opportunity sets for investors - the pivot towards sustainability. Over the past decade, sustainable and green funds have more than demonstrated their capacity to create value. Indeed, they fared better than their counterparts against the precipitous market drop of the pandemic's first weeks. Investors behaviour bears this out. Over the first three months of 2020, sustainable investment funds saw inflows of €30bn in Europe. ESG Blog: AllianceBernstein awarded LuxFLAG ESG status on three su...