{"id":21016,"date":"2021-04-22T11:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smh.group\/?p=21016"},"modified":"2021-04-22T11:02:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T11:02:54","slug":"esg-comes-into-its-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devstagesite.co.uk\/smhgroup\/esg-comes-into-its-own\/","title":{"rendered":"ESG comes into its own"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Three letters, ESG, have become a major driving force in investment decisions. <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ESG \u2013 environmental, social and governance \u2013 considerations are playing an ever-increasing role in investment decisions. What used to be classed as ethical investment, socially responsible investment (SRI) and green investment have now to some extent merged under the ESG banner. The table below gives a taste of the broad range of ESG investment considerations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Environmental<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Social<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Governance<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Carbon emissions <br>Forest destruction <br>Pollution <br>Waste management <br>Resource use<\/td><td>Employee treatment <br>Child labour <br>Slave labour <br>Human rights <br>Workplace health &amp; safety<\/td><td>Workforce diversity <br>Board diversity <br>Executive remuneration <br>Political influencing <br>Tax policy<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, the popularity of ESG funds among the UK investing public grew dramatically, perhaps at least in part a response to the pandemic. The Investment Association\u2019s (IA) \u2018Responsible Investments\u2019 category saw net retail sales more than treble to \u00a310bn, almost a third of all 2020 sales and equal to the 2019 total for net retail sales. The IA 2020 statistics also show that over the year the value of funds in the category increased by two thirds, to \u00a345.7 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest figures from the IA show that were ESG funds to be classed as a fund sector, they would represent the eighth largest of the IA\u2019s 38 fund sectors. However, they are not a unique sector as there are ESG funds to be found covering nearly all investment areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across these areas ESG funds also take different routes to implementing the ESG approach. It is common for fund managers to rely on external ESG rating bodies, which do not always agree with each other. As is always the case with investing in funds, it is best to take advice on what is under the bonnet rather than relying on the marketing badge outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like more information around ESG investment, please get in touch with our <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devstagesite.co.uk\/smhgroup\/financial-services\/\">Financial Services<\/a><\/span><\/strong> team on <strong>0114 266 4432<\/strong> or <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"mailto:info@smhca.co.uk\">info@smhca.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The value of your investment and the income from it can go down as well as up and you may not get back the full amount you invested. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Investing in shares should be regarded as a long-term investment and should fit in with your overall attitude to risk and financial circumstances.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three letters, ESG, have become a major driving force in investment decisions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[762,761,58,559,764,97,763],"class_list":["post-21016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-financial-services","tag-environmental","tag-esg","tag-financial-services","tag-funds","tag-governance","tag-investments","tag-social"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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