How asset owners are directly engaging firms over ESG

As more Asia Pacific asset owners declare their commitment to environmental, social and governance principles and zero carbon emission targets, they need to decide how best to persuade portfolio companies to also commit to these goals.   Increasingly, large regional institutional investors seem to believe in engagement over exclusion, using their influence as major investors to drive change in companies in need of ESG improvement rather than avoid them. “If we’re not in there, t…