Insurers Guide to Sustainable Investing: What, Why, and How

Research and practical experience have refuted the myth that Sustainable Investing inevitably means sacrificing performance. Many empirical studies have been conducted; a 2015 review1 analysed more than 2,000 such studies. More than 90% of the studies demonstrated that ESG-friendly stocks perform in line with or outperform non-ESG stocks. The authors of this comprehensive review of the academic evidence concluded that sustainable strategies that focus on companies with good ESG practices were investing in “better” companies. They remarked that “the business case for ESG investing is empirically well-founded” and stated, “We clearly find evidence for the business case for ESG investing.