We have just 12 years to get climate change under control, the UN announced in October, so we had better get investing.
But unfortunately it is becoming clearer that investing in UN sustainable development goals (SDG)-aligned countries, companies and products is far more complicated than first believed. It is also becoming clear that financial institutions with strong environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) criteria-focused research will be coveted by investors as they seek to figure out how to apply the $22 trillion in assets committed to responsible investing in an effective way.