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High-quality ESG data is in demand, but frustration and impatience with the investment industry’s lacklustre solutions have nudged many to spearhead their own efforts.

A senior ESG executive at the €277 billion Dutch pension fund points to the challenges of measuring the social impact of investments, cautioning against the dangers of exaggerated claims.

A co-ordinated investment approach is the most effective way to drive change in Asia, say investors in Europe and Australia.

Increasingly, investors are supplementing — or replacing — data from third parties with their own analysis, senior executives from the two funds told AsianInvestor.

Issuers from the region are leading demand for accreditation by the SDI AOP, an ESG platform launched by four global pension funds recently.