Closing the gap in responsible investing

This article appears courtesy of Global Investor

In many board rooms, discussions of Responsible Investing (RI) still focus on it as a mythical one-horse show—a perceived investment practice that must automatically limit the investment universe and thereby limit returns.

Over time, this perception is breaking down. In fact, an even larger number of pension committees now sit in board rooms to consider the merits rather than the limits of integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors within investment processes.