This week marks Good Money Week – a campaign launched by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (USIF) back in 2008 with the aim of raising awareness of sustainable, responsible and ethical finance.
Given the astronomic rise in the popularity of ESG over recent years, it seems bizarre to consider the fact that just 12 years ago it was a concept rarely considered, and in some cases actively shunned, by investors. The practice of ESG investing began back in the 1960s and was known as socially responsible investing, but this solely involved excluding sectors such as tobacco, oil & gas or arms from portfolios. ESG Blog: Spanish airports operator first firm to offer shareholders annual vote on climate change Now, there is a huge range of ESG, SRI and impact funds available to inves...
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