For the past decade, ESG has been garnering a lot of interest from investors, organizations, consumers, etc. with climate change frequently front and center in the conversation about environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns. If we look at the past 5 years' trend, we will see that E (environment) has been the driving force for [...]
This pandemic has presented us with an unexpected challenge. It has changed how we work, shop, live, meet and greet one another, and how we travel. In short, it has managed to affect every aspect of our life. Post-pandemic, things have changed unpredictably. The global dynamics have shifted, and the fact that pandemic pushed the [...]
United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI) is formed as the result of a partnership between UNEP and the global financial sector to mobilize private sector finance for sustainable development. The UNEP-FI was created with the aim of inspiring, informing, and enabling financial institutions to improve people’s quality of life without compromising that of future [...]
Most investors today have realized that the long‐term sustainability of their investments matters. They have realized that the environmental aspects of a business can have a huge impact on a company's future. As a result, investors, corporates, and banks alike are increasingly realizing the importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria. These factors are [...]
Sustainability is becoming more important for all companies. With plenty of opportunities arising from trends in worldwide sustainability, many companies, and their leaders are adopting sustainable development plans in response to social and environmental issues that affect their business operations. Consumers worldwide have become more and more likely to associate with and remain loyal to [...]
Greenwashing is a marketing technique used to portray a green image of a product by conveying a false impression or providing misleading information, showcasing the product as environmentally friendly. Or in other words, greenwashing can be defined as the marketing strategy aimed at brainwashing consumers into thinking that a particular product/company is green (i.e. environment [...]
Today, investors have become more aware of terms of sustainability. Most investors have moved away from a purely capitalistic mindset to a more social/sustainable one. Investors have started emphasizing the ESG initiative of organizations. So the question arises, how exactly do we quantify our ESG efforts? How can we present them to investors? Not all [...]
ESG investing Today Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors have become key drivers of value, proving that financial performance is no longer measured only in terms of market size and profit. Investors have begun to understand that sustainability is just as important as finance when evaluating a firm’s performance. And this increasing interest from investors [...]
Today, we are standing on the brink of catastrophic climate change, global warming is breaking all records, and natural disasters have become a common phenomenon. We are living in a time where the climate crisis threatens the survival of humanity and social issues have been pushed to the forefront. Topics of sustainability and ethics are [...]
In the past few years environmental, social and governance (ESG) has gained importance among investors as a part of non-financial performance indicators to identify material risks & growth opportunities. Based on various frameworks and standards, ESG disclosure & ratings are made. Most public/private companies are being assessed and rated on their ESG performance by various [...]
