Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors have become a significant factor in how today's investors evaluate companies. More than 89% 1 of institutional investors globally now consider ESG ...

A bill mandating that Indiana’s public pension system divest from firms or funds that use certain non-financial investment criteria—a flashpoint in the state’s culture wars—could slash the system’s ...

Many companies treat ESG as a compliance exercise, but when used correctly, it becomes a powerful tool for identifying risk ...

State-level efforts to penalize companies for use of environmental, social or governance (ESG) goals in investments could cost taxpayers over $708 million, according to a study published by the ...

A group of investors convened under the auspices of the United Nations in 2004 to discuss how to further the aims of the UN Global Compact. The group’s subsequent report coined “ESG” as it recommended ...

When investors are told that “ESG” is part of a fund manager’s strategy, they might expect to give up some potential gains while focusing on companies making efforts to comply with a set of standards ...

The days of equating ESG with the blacklisting of commodities are over, it seems. In a fresh study, analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have found that fund managers are increasingly including oil, ...

The use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in driving investment decisionmaking has grown exponentially in the last five years, with investments into ESG funds more than doubling ...

After taking over its second party opinion business from Moody's ESG Solutions, Moody's Investors Service is assigning scores and issuing analysis of the environmental, social and governance component ...

The Global Banking & Finance Review Awards programme has officially opened nominations for Best ESG Fixed Income Fund 2026, ...