Nearly half of Gen Xers and baby boomers say they are interested in having some money in
ESG investments, compared with 66% of millennials
It has recognized that incorporating
ESG into the company's DNA is already necessary given the increasingly discerning investors worldwide.
"The specific issues resulting in these scores had to do with various privacy concerns, including a lack of transparency as to why Facebook collects and shares certain user information," wrote Reid Steadman, managing director and global head of
ESG for S&P Dow Jones Indices, in a recent blog post.
A critical question in evaluating ex post performance is whether the differential returns of allocation strategies that include
ESG considerations are attributable to
ESG factors, or whether measures of
ESG ranking are capturing other firm characteristics that are correlated with
ESG scores.
However, consultants and asset managers envision several different catalysts for broader
ESG investing in the coming five to 10 years.
The indices are co-branded as the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Canada
ESG Indices and are currently available on the Bloomberg Terminal.
"And we realized that there's a completely new suite of data out there, especially with
ESG integration, that was gaining quality, breadth and depth that was really useful in building a holistic picture of a company on the equity and credit side and informing your judgments.
With an emphasis on independence and credibility, the BDO
ESG Awards is organised and hosted by BDO in Hong Kong, co-organised by the South China Morning Post, with the support of BDO International Limited & BDO China, in a concerted effort of the BDO global network to drive development in
ESG and
ESG reporting.
Sub-advised by QMA, the actively managed PGIM QMA Global Core Equity
ESG Fund evaluates the
ESG status of every security in the global core equity universe and integrates these insights into the fund, aiming to avoid the worst
ESG offenders while maintaining performance expectations.