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:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''No altruism'''''</span>
:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''ESG performance correlated with better financial returns'''''</span>
 
:There the ability to do the right thing event without any altruism - ESG is affecting investor performance.


:Once controlled for systematic risk, there is a significant positive relationship between ESG performance and financial returns – this has changed considerably over the last few years when it was seen as a trade-off.
:Once controlled for systematic risk, there is a significant positive relationship between ESG performance and financial returns – this has changed considerably over the last few years when it was seen as a trade-off.
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[B Corporation]]
* [[Carbon footprint]]
* [[Carbon footprint]]
* [[Carbon Trust]]
* [[Carbon Trust]]
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* [[Corporate social responsibility ]]
* [[Corporate social responsibility ]]
* [[ESG bond]]
* [[ESG bond]]
* [[ESG controversy score]]
* [[ESG integration]]
* [[ESG integration]]
* [[ESG ratings]]
* [[ESG ratings]]
* [[ESG stock]]
* [[ESG stock]]
* [[Green finance]]
* [[I&E]]
* [[I&E]]
* [[Impact investing]]
* [[Impact investing]]
* [[Investment]]
* [[Negative screening]]
* [[Negative screening]]
* [[Norms-based screening]]
* [[Norms-based screening]]
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== Other links ==
== Other resource ==
[https://www.treasurers.org/thetreasurer/a-practical-insight-into-green-bonds-and-ESG-investing/ A practical insight into green bonds and ESG investing, The Treasurer web exclusive, June 2019]
*[https://www.treasurers.org/thetreasurer/a-practical-insight-into-green-bonds-and-ESG-investing/ A practical insight into green bonds and ESG investing, The Treasurer web exclusive, June 2019]


[[Category:Investment]]
[[Category:Investment]]
[[Category:Ethics]]

Latest revision as of 06:08, 15 February 2024

Environmental, Social and Governance-based investment.

An investment approach which takes explicit account of the environmental, social and corporate governance aspects of all proposed investments.


ESG performance correlated with better financial returns
Once controlled for systematic risk, there is a significant positive relationship between ESG performance and financial returns – this has changed considerably over the last few years when it was seen as a trade-off.
Association of Corporate Treasurers, International Treasury Week, 14 May 2020.


See also


Other resource