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Investors frequently consider environmental, social and governance performance as part of their risk assessments. On one side, ESG boosters suggest that concern for factors such as climate change and boardroom diversity make for better business. On the other, critics disparage metrics that they say value “woke” views over profit.
“The ‘[get] woke and go broke’ label stems from a lack of understanding of what ESG is, and fails to differentiate the nuances among ESG approaches,” she says. Similar sentiments have entered Canadian public discourse. Earlier this year, the Fraser Institute, a Canadian think tank, issued athat called ESG “corporate socialism,” stating the concept threatened companies that “dissent from its mandates.”
If these arguments gain traction, she says it might delay further adoption of business strategies and technologies that are good for business and the planet over the long-term.
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