FYI: The boom in responsible investing worldwide throws up a key question for borrowers, fund managers and index compilers: How exactly do you evaluate and compare responsible investments? A whole industry has grown up to try to provide answers. It looks beyond financial performance to score companies and investments on criteria including their environmental friendliness, social impact and governance -- shorthanded as ESG. ESG ratings are increasingly taken into account in decisions on where to invest or allocate capital. But there’s debate over whether they can truly buffer against financial risk or even act as a guide to better-performing investments.
Regards,
Ted
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/how-to-tell-if-your-investment-is-really-responsible/2019/08/11/674ed0d0-bc06-11e9-8e83-4e6687e99814_story.html
