VEGN - ESG In Credit Markets - What's Material?
By Andre Bertolotti, CFA
Andre Bertolotti and Jaime Maihuire Irigoyen from BlackRock Sustainable Investing share a first-of-a-kind "materiality matrix" showing which ESG characteristics appear most financially relevant across various global credit industries.
Sustainable investing - the combination of traditional investment approaches with environmental, social and governance ((ESG)) insights - is spreading to all pockets of fixed income markets. Evidence is mounting that focusing on sustainability factors can help investors build more resilient portfolios.
When it comes to applying ESG insights in credit markets, we find some early evidence that a deeper understanding of materiality