Covid-19 compels Southeast Asia's investors to focus on sustainability
New research from Schroders suggests Covid-19 has focused Asian investors on combining a greater interest in ESG investment with the quest for higher returns.
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Climate change, particularly the need to build up the world's resilience to its effects, has become a crucial topic during Covid-19. The pandemic was a catalyst for the biggest economic recession since World War II, and has caused decision makers to prioritise a more sustainable approach to investment.
According to new research, Southeast Asian investors are responding more than their counterparts in the rest of the world to the need to take sustainability seriously.
Schroders' …
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