The Rise Of ESG Investing

ESG is a catch-all term for investing strategies that consider a company’s environmental, social and governance factors. ESG investing is predicted to surge following the coronavirus pandemic and demonstrations over racial justice. Consumers and Wall Street investors alike are increasingly holding companies accountable for their performance on environmental, social and governance benchmarks—or ESG, for short. Here's how ESG investing could transform the financial and business industry.

Before the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota and before Covid-19 forced corporate America into lockdown, companies were being singled out for social responsibility.

It’s a trend that began to accelerate well before the current crises, and has now gone mainstream.

“Investors were really flocking to ESG strategies,” said Valerie Grant, senior portfolio manager of responsible investing at AllianceBernstein. “For ETFs, there were $8 billion inflows into ESG strategies. And for mainstream funds, the flows were $12 billion.”

While critics have called ESG investing vague and even a fraud, analysts predict it will double in 2020 and become integrated into the investment decisions of every investor.


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The Rise Of Socially Conscious Investing

[gaozhi]

ONE BANK to rule them all, one bank to find them. ONE BANK to rank them all and in the darkness bind them!!

[geraldvance]

Well this video didn't age well. ESG is a scam. Companies are starting to figure that out now.

[skenzyme]

We only invest in companies in the bottom quartile of ESG scores.

[TheLifePhoenix]

LAWYER TALK.... but we know how to read between the lines.
These good “priorities” have been presented as if we all agree on them.
The agenda and narrative will bleed in how ever they make it, because it’s not about us. It’s about them and their $$$
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

[Lifeissorich.]

ESG investing is a waste considering that a lot of returns come from non socially responsible companies like Altria.

[ArstanWB]

Ask Anheuser Busch about the dangers of focusing on their ESG rating.

[janejones]

Why don’t big corporations just pay their taxes instead of keeping it in tax havens and paying less than I do

[FinancialShinanigan]

Social conscious investing is an oxymoron.

[MickyAvStickyHands]

Mixing numbers with emotions goes against every planetary law in the galaxy. 2+2=4 regardless of politics. Companies will go were the money is, period. I hope is goes to sustainable energy, but I can't ask companies to lose money doing it. That's like wishing Santa was real.

[mariorobertocueto]

BML leader buys mansions with donations haha what hypocrites

[georgiamaguire]

This is BS. We are in the process of moving our money right now. Just have to find a banking institution that doesn’t follow this ESG criteria. I am a minority female millennium as well. I can’t have this. Smh people better wake the hell up.

[skenzyme]

So corporate wokeness is an empty smokescreen because it’s the easiest to game?

[amevaio]

racism happens everywhere and it’s not just an issue in the states. it happens to my country but the one who is being intimidated is the “whites” or the majority in this country

[unassumingaccount]

The terms "investing" and "morals" never go well together

[zyfigamer]

This is like the infant stage of the mythical market alternative to regulation that some people talk about.

[tonyotag]

ESG investing? Sounds like practical fascism enforcement. Corporations as Government rather than goverment regulating Corporations and the citizens (as human beings) having practical impact on the rules of corporations per voting in goverment.

[markkram]

13:37 Yep that's me your skilled worker, I can relate.

[Shahharsh]

Socially responsible investors till now were called Impact Investors. This was a niche segment and is now becoming more and more mainstream. Capitalism across the world has to start evaluating businesses on stakeholder value rather than shareholder value.

[conductor]

An ETF that goes against ESG will likely beat the S&P 500 hands down! My retirement shouldn’t be used as an experiment for activists to play with. If activist are that concern let them put all their money into failing projects.

[RK-jcoe]

I invest my money to provide me the best returns for my retirement. If you want poor returns then invest in ESG … knock your socks off. Not interested. I will invest my own money the way I want to, not someone telling me how to invest my money.