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A public ESG commitment? Not quite yet, say half of Asia's asset owners

Only 11% of Asia asset owners’ portfolios have been invested in environmental, social and governance assets or ESG-related strategies, says a new report.
A public ESG commitment? Not quite yet, say half of Asia's asset owners
ESG might be the talk of the town in the rest of the world, but Asia's asset owners are still playing catch up with 46% saying they were either not considering putting an ESG policy statement in place or were still undecided, according to a new report.  As a result of this low level of policy activity in the region, just 11% of investor funds were being put into ESG assets or related products, according to the latest Willis Towers Watson ESG Beliefs and Practices Survey 2021.  T…
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