The investment focus has grown in popularity in recent years as social mindedness has moved more to the forefront of investors' minds and the underlying philosophy shifted to include more objective goals around better long-term investments.
ESG assets top $164 billion in Q2
In comparing performance of ESG-focused equities to non-ESG-focused equities, the ESG-screened S&P 500 index has performed in line with the base S&P 500 index since its inception in March of 2009, but has lagged over the trailing three- and five-year periods through August. Three-year standard deviations (risk) between the two indexes has been comparable since the ESG index began.
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