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Five years ago, ESG data aggregation and impact investment research was a cottage industry with fewer than 1,000 specialists worldwide. Fast forward t… Five years ago, ESG data aggregation and impact investment research was a cottage industry with fewer than 1,000 sp… Five years ago, ESG data aggregation and impact investment research was a cottage industry with fewer than 1,000 specialists worldwide. Fast forward to 2021; there has been a seismic shift in the volume of people with an ‘ESG’ job title.
Sep 14th, 2021
Five years ago, ESG data aggregation and impact investment research was a cottage industry with fewer than 1,000 specialists worldwide. Fast forward to 2021; there has been a seismic shift in the volume of people with an ‘ESG’ job title.
Over the next five years, we predict that:
- Ever increasing ESG information requirements will thwart standardization plans.
- Market forces and regulations will generate demand for investment-grade ESG data.
- CFOs and CIOs will appoint powerful heads of ESG.
- Asset managers will increasingly be proactive in engagement and voting activities.
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Let me walk you through our thinking for these predictions.
In the sustainability echo chamber, a narrative about impending global standards for ESG disclosures has gained significant traction. This expectation is very unlikely to be fulfilled in the next five years. Instead, Verdantix predicts that there w…