Risks vs. rewards: How ESG investing is trying to bridge the results gap
ESG has caught an increasing amount of flak lately over whether it actually lives up to its billing as delivering better sustainability outcomes. Some of its critics are missing the point, say members of the investment community.
The “E” in ESG investing stands for “environmental”, but to Hans Taparia, a clinical associate professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, it seems just as likely to refer to an empty promise.
In a recent opinion piece written for The New York Times, Taparia argued that the entire notion of ESG investment had been turned on its head to serve not the interests of the planet and its inhabitants, but only the interests of maximising return on investment, regardless o…
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