The Path Forward for ESG — People have been slinging arrows at Wall Street for decades, lamenting the perceived greed and selfishness of fat cats in the sector.
But in the last few years, they’ve started putting their money where their mouth is. Or rather, demanding that their investment managers do so.
Larry Fink runs the world’s biggest asset manager and arguably one of its most influential companies, Blackrock. We’re not talking about measly billions—this guy “manages” over $8 trillion.
He sparked a broader ESG conversation a few years ago when he challenged businesses to think about how they could be viable in a net-zero economy. 99% of businesses have no idea how they’d do that, but when a company that big is saying it, you’d better perk up.
Since then, ESG has had a PR problem. Companies are frustrated with constantly-changing guidelines and seemingly impossible propositions, like measuring all their Scope 3 emissions (emissions throughout their supply chain, etc.).
One of the biggest questions is this: should ESG rules be mandated by the SEC so that everyone has to follow them?
Or should it be a qualification that companies can meet and attract capital that prefers those investments?
It’s definitely worth paying attention to how the conversation evolves over the next few years. Gensler and the SEC will have their ears to the ground.
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