A new report from Ethical Corporation argues that ESG’s rapidly increasing acceptance is based on understanding that it is about managing risk.
“ESG will become much more a part of mainstream investing over the next ten years,” says Carlo Funk, EMEA head of ESG strategy at State Street Global Advisors. “It will move from being an opt-in exercise and a nice to have option to being something that investors will actively have to opt out of – ESG analysis will start as the default option.