Title: “Dissecting the Rise of ESG Investing: Towards a Sustainable Financing Future”
About the Event: Building a more ethical portfolio is the trend today, with many corporations increasingly prioritizing sustainability. This shift goes beyond simply adapting to market trends and recognizes the profound impact ESG have on the company across its divergent aspects. From a company’s reputation to investor’s relation to the firm’s financial performance, ESG investing has emerged as a game changer in the investment landscape. Today, companies are increasingly integrating ESG factors into their financial strategies. ESG factors are to be regarded as an integral component in the overall process of investment advisory, aimed at managing underlying risks to an investor’s portfolio. Adhering to this offers upside opportunities for companies as they become strategic places for delivering sustainable and long-term returns over time. This phenomenon also indicates how ESG principles are vital in the decision-making process across all industries. Understanding the need to gravitate to the knowledge of ESG investing, SkillSchool brings you a one-off opportunity for both professionals and students in the Investment Banking sector and beyond to delve into the fundamentals, impact and the way forward to a sustainable financing future.
Understanding why ESG Investing is on the rise globally is critical today, with ESG investing outperforming traditional investments and proving more resiliency. This global rise is driven by three additional factors:
- ESG-related risks affecting traditional investments
- Swelling demand for sustainable assets from investor
- Moving ESG principles into the corporate mainstream
ESG investing has become a global trend; however, only some parts of the world are seen leading the landscape. Key players are the US, Europe, Canada, Japan, and Australasia. The record of these regions investing in ESG rose to 15 per cent, amounting to US$35.3 trillion in AUM (Assets Under Management) in two years. Europe and the US are recorded to have over 80 percent of global sustainable investing assets.
Join the event and explore how ESG investing transforms India’s investment landscape and financial environment.
Event Takeaways:
- Gain a robust foundational understanding of ESG investing and the tangible reality of its impact on corporate finances.
- Learn the nuances of how investors and asset managers assess and integrate ESG factors.
- Prospects of future ESG investing by delving into the policy reforms and ESG mandates in India and the greater integration of ESG across organizations
- ESG factors and ROI generation
- ESG reporting and transparency
- Manifold career opportunities in ESG
