By Sébastien EISINGER, Head of Investments, Pictet Asset Management
Sustainable investment is not only good for protecting the world for tomorrow's generations; it can also be a route to superior portfolio returns.
What constitutes a sound investment or business decision? Less than a decade ago, the answer to that question would have been framed exclusively in financial terms. No longer. Thanks to structural trends such as climate change and higher income inequality, a growing number of companies now put environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations on a par with economic ones. That makes commercial sense, and for several reasons.
First, as governments around the world gear up to meet the Paris Accord targets on global...
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