In Green We Trust

There’s a lot more than being just a Wall Street acronym, ESG heralds a positive change in the society, by evaluating how companies should operate in three key areas of environment, social and governance. The objective of ESG investment is to channel capital to companies that work to meet or exceed commonly established standards in each of these three realms – and keep money away from firms that don’t. When the ESG wave hit the shores of the world’s fifth largest economy, India set sail, and the trend of sustainable investment began gaining traction very fast. “Over the next few years, ESG will become central to discussions when investors would engage with corporates in evaluating their investment opportunities,” says Amit Nigam, Fund Manager at Invesco Mutual Fund. The ESG factors include the risks a company is exposed to on the environmental, social...