Blackrock Esg. This article originally was published by Climate Capital Media and is reprinted with permission. Central to BlackRocks approach is the importance that it attaches to the companies in which it invests living up to the standards often by the acronym ESG E for environmental S for.
BlackRock the worlds largest asset manager is losing patience with companies that are slow to disclose the details of their adherence to environmental social and governance ESG principles according to Jessica McDougall a director for investment stewardship at BlackRock. He was the chief investment officer for sustainable investing at BlackRock which is the most important institutional face of the claim that ESG investing has an important role to play in helping. Inconsistencies in stock selection and sector allocation may become more important as regulators scrutinize ESG funds it argued in.
Because we believe that climate risks and sustainability risks are investment risks weve put in place an investment process to ensure that we incorporate these considerations into all of our active.
BlackRocks coziness with China isnt going unnoticed amid its increased push in favor of environmental social and corporate governance issuesChina isnt exactly known for supporting ESG issues and BlackRock is being criticized as favoring Chinese companies that lack regulatory oversight over their better regulated US. ESG integration is the clearest proof point of how BlackRock is putting sustainability considerations at the center of our investment process. Central to BlackRocks approach is the importance that it attaches to the companies in which it invests living up to the standards often by the acronym ESG E for environmental S for. There is no one-size-fits-all approach but at BlackRock we see it as being about making research data.