A lot of contention surrounds ESG investing: Some say it's hogwash, others say it can save the planet. But few can say what ESG has actually accomplished.
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Why can’t we measure in polar bears? If you’re putting in the effort of researching companies, deciphering ESG scores and choosing investments, you probably want to know what your dollars are actually doing. Reducing forced labor was overwhelmingly better for the brand, and the return on investment outweighed the cost of implementing new practices. Much of the focus of making this change was on improving the company’s ESG score , but the result was a significant reduction in forced labor.
“We did a report where we noticed that there were 90 mutual funds with ESG in their name, and 60 of them got a D or an F on ESG from us,” says Behar. “So we did an analysis of their prospectuses. The bottom line is that the prospectus language is in no way correlated to the holdings, and no way correlated to the [fund] name.”What are your impact dollars doing? If you’re trying to figure out what the overall good output is from ESG, you may be searching for a long time.
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