Conversations about environmental, social and governance
(ESG) considerations and the area of sustainability have steadily integrated themselves
into corporate boardrooms across Asia.
A recent MSCI 2021 Global Institutional Investor survey
revealed that around 79% of investors in the Asia-Pacific region increased ESG
investments ‘significantly’ or ‘moderately’ in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile,
57% of investors in the region anticipated to have ‘completely’ or ‘to a large
extent’ incorporated ESG questions into their investment analysis and
decision-making procedures by the end of 2021.
Government authorities and business leaders from the continent
have set out to increase awareness and respond to pressing calls from national actors