Our Head of ESG Funds was interviewed by BL Global Magazine
and a summary featured in their Asia Edition published in December
2020. Here are her full responses to questions about the rise of
sustainable investment.
Sustainable investment at the top of the agenda. Can you
explain why you think that's the case?
Sustainable investment has actually been around for a long time,
particularly in the guise of socially responsible investing.
However, there has been a crescendo of various factors coming
together to bring sustainable investment to the fore, making it the
hot topic it is today.
On the one hand, we have seen greater governmental commitments
to sustainable development and a transition towards a low carbon
economy. In particular, the adoption of the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals by world leaders in September 2015 could be
considered an inflection point. The SDGs laid out the blueprint for
how countries and industries can design and finance
