ESG finance poses risks but offers plenty of sustainable opportunities

ESG finance poses risks but offers plenty of sustainable opportunities

Everyone you talk to agrees environmental, social, and governance (ESG) is critical to finance. Where people differ, though, is how best to achieve the goals this timely initialism sets out to capture.

A third of the world’s assets under investment have made ESG commitments under the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative.

ESG’s forerunner was corporate social responsibility (CSR).