How one Canadian pension manager copes with scarce ESG data in EMs

A lack of environmental, social and governance (ESG) data in emerging markets (EMs) can be challenging for asset owners, who have to come up with ways and means to work around these issues.  One Canadian pension manager, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, believes spending more time on the ground in these markets and collaborating with other like-minded investors are key to investing in these markets. “BCI has a globally aligned approach to ESG,” said Caglar Som…