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Sustainable Investment Needs Greater Commitment

An interesting thought piece discussing the responsibility asset management firms have to commit to their lip service about ESG investments. Many people, on an individual and institutional level, are still failing to follow up their acknowledgement of social and environmental issues with action.

While more needs to be done universally across different geographies and sectors to tackle issues like climate change, a more socially conscious society alongside a rapidly growing renewable energy industry brings enormous financial and ecological opportunity.

With a growing number of sources claiming that ESG investments can create more stable markets and huge returns, why are asset management firms still afraid to mainstream sustainable investing?

The emerging world in many cases is ahead of the curve on its focus towards renewable energy and sustainability. However, governments alone do not have the financial firepower to pay for this energy transition and they do not have the political goodwill to afford the social cost. They need to achieve a 'just transition' that will avoid placing the cost burden on those who can least afford it. Private markets, led by the asset management industry, must play their part.

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