From Methodist John Wesley to the Vietnam War. The roots of ESG investing go back centuries.
Aug. 19, 2023Nearly 20 years after a United Nations team coined the term, ESG has become part of the vernacular of investing—and an increasingly divisive political issue. But the ideas behind it reach back centuries.Religious sects confront an industrializing economy that expands financial opportunities for better and for worse. Methodist leader John Wesley advises congregants against “any sinful trade,” while some Quaker leaders condemned the practice of slavery.
“They didn’t want to invest in weapons or weapons manufacturers,” says Joe Keefe, president of the now Impax Asset Management.U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urges business leaders to adopt socially responsible policies at a time of rapid globalization. “The spread of markets outpaces the ability of societies and their political systems to adjust to them, let alone to guide the course they take,” he says at the World Economic Forum.A U.N.
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