Responsible Investing - Are We Missing A Trick?

I would like to thank you all for returning to this page and I have enjoyed reading your comments and feedback during the last few weeks.  I would like to spend a little time, in this article, to reflect on some of the issues that have been drawing my attention in recent months and that I have commented on in this column previously.

I am delighted that more and more traction is being gained with ESG and Responsible Investing all over the World.  The latest numbers that I am able to glean from the RFI Foundation are that over USD 62 trillion in Assets are invested in accordance with ESG and UN PRI principles.  This represents an investment universe of over 40% of the total. A significant number, which, in part, demonstrates a commendable level of enthusiasm for responsible inve...