Active ownership the key to real ESG impact, say institutional investors

Of all the investor strategies, approaches to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment have gone through the most rapid evolution in recent times. “Ten years ago, not investing in things like coal was kind of the de facto approach for institutional investors and the term ESG was used very loosely,” a managing director for a North American pension fund told AsianInvestor. Over the past year in particular, institutional investors have been placing greater consideratio…