July 22, 2020 Investors Love 'Socially Responsible' Companies. But Sorting the Good from the Bad Is Harder Than It Looks

Summary: by Chris Taylor Sustainable investing seems to be taking over the world, and for good reason: It has an elegant thesis, of betting on companies that are virtuous and avoiding the ones that aren’t. Easy, right? Well, real life is never quite as simple as that. Figuring out which companies perform well in terms of ESG – environmental, social and governance factors – is a highly complicated business that is evolving by the day.