The Curious Case Of ESG: Societal Tool Or Corporate Distraction?

ESG investing has become a hot-button issue, within fintech and beyond, that has moved from the investing community into family dinners and corporate investor calls. Environmental, Social, and Governance has become a kind of Rorschach test where each side of the political, corporate, and investing spectrum can see whatever they want. But ESG practices are much more than meets the eye and stakeholders would do well to ask themselves what ESG means in practice. So what actually is ESG investing and what are its real challenges?

In a recent episode of The Pnyx, a debate podcast hosted by yours truly, Charlotte Degot and Hans Taparia explored some of the key tradeoffs in thoughtfully implementing ESG practices.