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January 21, 2021 7:59 AM E. Napoletano - Forbes Advisor
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Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is a strategy you can use to invest in companies that strive to make the world a better place. ESG investing relies on independent ratings that help you assess a company’s behavior and policies when it comes to environmental, social and governance issues.
“At its core, ESG investing is about influencing positive changes in society by being a better investor,” says Hank Smith, Head of Investment Strategy at The Haverford Trust Company.
How Does ESG Investing Work?
ESG investing is investing in companies that score highly on environmental and societal responsibility scales as determined by third-party, independent companies and research groups.
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Ashok Gupta has been named chair of Mercer’s UK board. Selected for his extensive board and executive experience in the financial services industry, across asset management, wealth management and the pensions segments, Gupta will also chair the risk committee and the nominations committee.
An entrepreneur with over 40 years of experience in the UK insurance and financial services industry, Gupta has held a number of senior executive, advisor and actuarial positions during his career.
He chaired a Pension & Lifetime Savings Association taskforce that recommended superfunds, defined benefit consolidators for which there is now an interim regulatory regime. Gupta was also deputy chair of a Bank of England working group on procyclicality by pension funds and insurance companies.
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concessionary, meaning the company s top priority is impact rather than investor profit. But
non-concessionary impact investments promise a double bottom line, meaning that they hope to achieve their social or environmental goals without significantly hindering returns.
A recent report by the Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment (US SIF) found that $17 trillion of US-based investment assets in 2020 used sustainable investing strategies (a 42% increase from 2018). Put another way, a third of all assets under management in the United States now take sustainability issues into consideration.
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