ESG Investing Gets Biden Boost

The coronavirus outbreak has diverted attention away from the drive towards ESG-focused investing that had become the dominant narrative in the asset management industry. With US President-elect Joe Biden set to take the US back into the global leadership role it was playing in the Paris Accord it will almost certainly be one of the defining issues for investors over the next decade. Michael Avery speaks to Adrian Bertrand, Co-founder of Six Capitals Advisory, an ESG and Impact Advisory firm and consultant responsible for CRISA (Code for Responsible Investing in SA) Secretariat; Mia Kruger, Director of Research and Fund Management, Kruger International; and Zeyn Ismail, head of Stanlib Credit Alternatives’ Investment