Tag: ESG investing
The brief’s key findings are: Public pension plans have engaged in social investing since the 1970s in response to state mandates. More recently, the plans themselves have embraced a “new” form of investing that incorporates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. ESG investing is based on the notion that taking account of non-financial factors w…
Introduction Social investing is a movement that advocates incorporating social and environmental considerations, as well as financial factors, when making investment decisions. The most recent incarnation of this movement is the initiative by state legislatures to force public pension funds to sell their holdings of companies doing business in Sudan. The effort to divest Sudan-linked…
