Navigating the EU’s sustainable finance revolution

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has been one of the fastest-growing trends to hit financial markets, with demand from investors creating a myriad of investment products that range from integrating ESG factors into investment processes to seeking to achieve sustainable objectives. Somewhat amazingly this rapid growth in the ESG investment category has occurred with limited regulatory guidance over what constitutes an “ESG” or “sustainable” product. Even more amazingly, it has also occurred without the availability of a comprehensive ESG data set as most issuers do not disclose...