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Dewi John: Where ESG delivered for investors in 2020 There are a number of possible explanations for ESG’s outperformance of non-ESG assets in 2020 Outside of hermits and epidemiologists, perhaps, few people could convincingly claim 2020 proved to be a good year for them but it certainly turned out to be a good year for environment, social and governance (ESG) oriented funds in the UK. As Chart 1 shows below, ESG dominated fund flows in mixed assets. Over the year, net ESG assets in this area...