ESG investing

ESG investing

A broken system needs urgent repairs

The environmental, social and governance (ESG) approach to investment is broken. It needs to be streamlined and stripped of sanctimoniousness, argues Henry Tricks

Asset managers

The saviour complex

It’s time to get real about what ESG can—and cannot—achieve

ESG fund fees

How to charge more

Fees for managing ESG funds tend to be higher than for non-ESG ones

Investors

The warm glow

It’s a myth that ESG investments inevitably outperform. You can’t have it all

Companies

Internalising the externalities

Can firms be made accountable for their carbon emissions?

Rating agencies

The signal and the noise

Measurement of ESG data needs a big overhaul

The regulators

Missionary creep

New disclosure rules aim to better measure climate risks. Is that even possible?

The future of ESG

Measure less, but better

It’s the environment, stupid

ESG investing

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