“We simply don’t see ESG going away anytime soon”

PLANADVISER, in a recent article entitled, The Best Case for ESG Under ERISA Is Long-Term,” highlighted our recent analysis that says that we think ESG issues will confront fiduciaries for the long term and that terminology of the myriad ESG factors remains a challenge. We also note that ESG has evolved and “is much more driven by data linking one or more ESG factors and investment performance—an ESG factor can now be a material risk.”