An ABC on ESG and the Financial Risks It Highlights: QuickTake
- Media Manager
- Sep 28, 2023
- 1 min read
Bloomberg Law
Written By: Saijel Kishan
Published: September 28th, 2023
In one sense, defining “ESG” is easy — it’s an approach to finance and investing focused on managing risks from environmental factors, social issues and questions of corporate governance. Sorting out the differences between ESG and similar, sometimes overlapping strategies is harder, in part because the term has come to mean different things to different people. A boom in the use of ESG factors has fed skepticism that the approach is nothing more than a marketing gimmick, fueling a backlash and regulatory crackdown.
