Tuesday, September 15, 2020

What are the ESG funds?

What do you recognize about the ESG funds in India? ESG funds is a comparatively newer concept in India and also to a certain extent around the world. ESG stands for Environmental Social and Governance funds. These funds are like a measuring stick that help the potential and current investors to get a better understanding about the company’s contribution towards the betterment of factors involved in each of these funds. For example, when it comes to dealing with the environment factors, we talking about the company’s position in taking care at the sustainable growth, keeping the environment norms in mind. If it is a factory owned business, then there needs to be an estimate of the emission being generated from the factory, the usage of the resources that are used in order to make the produce and also a detailed account of what happens to the leftover resources later. Are the recycled or reused? If it is a total corporate sector business, then the maintenance of the premise towards creating a better nature experience and so on. Similarly, for the social part of the ESG funds, it is closely scrutinized how happy the employees and the staff that works for the company is, what and how the relationship between the company and the suppliers is and so on. Lastly, as pointed out to be one of the most important factors by the asset management firms is governance. This aspect deals with all the law-abiding activities that are carried out by the business. They see whether the tax and credit score are good, whether or not there are any discrepancies, and everything that is done in the business is done keeping all the lawful rules and regulations in mind, adhering to every rule. For more information, you could ask your wealth or asset management company.

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