ESG Investing: Can You Have Your Cake And Eat It Too?
ESG or Environmental, Social and Governance has become the hottest topic in investing today. Academic papers reported that that sustainable assets under management worldwide were approximately $30 trillion by 2019. Blackrock CEO Larry Fink has said that “We will be increasingly disposed to vote against management and board of directors when companies are not making sufficient progress on sustainability-related disclosures and the business practices underlying them.” In addition, investors are being told that they can have their cake and eat it too. By investing in socially responsible, green c...