Responsible investors must view ESG and financial data through same lens

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Business are doing more to become sustainable, but our investment community doesn't make it easy to assess progress, argues EPRA's Hassan Sabir

The market has gone from famine to feast when it comes to investment opportunities in environmental, social and governance (ESG) programmes and metrics to analyse them. The importance of sustainability...

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