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ESG: Focus efforts from a risk perspective

Joshua Kendall

From the blog: Every institutional investor should be following a responsible investment approach.

Responsible investment means better managing risk and seeking out more sustainable long-term returns by incorporating a greater number of risk factors, such as environmental, social and governance issues, into investment decisions.

This is fundamentally sensible; ignoring potentially material risks should not be a serious option and may negatively impact performance over the long term as ESG factors become priced by market participants, such as credit rating agencies.