Remy Briand: The ESG evolution at MSCI, and performance amid the pandemic

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Remy Briand is head of ESG at MSCI. It’s one of the world’s leading stock market index providers and they assess more than 7,500 companies on their ESG performance. Remy lives in Geneva and he’s an outspoken advocate for the importance of considering environmental, social and governance factors when making investment decisions. In the world of responsible investing, there’s one data point that’s quoted more than any other, it says: that over the past ten years, Sustainable investment funds have earned better returns than their mainstream peers. It’s great news, but today I want to go deeper. I want to look at how we define sustainable companies and how they’ve fared in the market crash brought on by the corona virus. Remy is a wealth of information and insights about the evolution of ESG investing. We don’t shy away from digging into the more technical details about sustainable investing frameworks, and both the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. I really learned a lot in this one. Remy pulled me up on a number of assumptions that I’d made. and It was really valuable to get a broader view into how we can extend the adoption of the ESG approach, and expand the breadth of metrics we use to gauge the performance of the companies we invest in. The show notes are on my website at www.Johntreadgold.com, and be sure to head over to my LinkedIn page to continue the discussion. Enjoy!