ESG and Sustainable Investing: A Guide for ESG-Focused Investors in 2022
While investment and sustainability might seem like two entirely opposite aspects, the recent climate trends have forced them to collide. Often the process of making investments concerns vetting a company based on factors including business model, historical data performance, annual reports, and much more. However, today investors have started considering additional fundamentals, i.e., ESG or Environmental, Social, and Governance. These aspects, when combined, form the basis of any new investment in an organization. Investor demand for sustainable investment funds to be incorporated into the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors are expected to grow. Investors are more focused on the short term right now. With interest rates on the rise and the cost of living soaring, Investors are more concerned about not losing their money rather than making 10% or 20%. Sustainable long-term value creation can be deemed impossible if corporates ...