BYND - These Companies Will Boost Your Portfolio Performance... And Your Morale
Global companies' performance on environmental, social, and governance ((ESG)) issues is rapidly becoming more critical to their competitiveness, profitability and share price. We are writing this commentary and re-orienting our own investment philosophy, because we profoundly care about environmental issues. We can also get onboard with the social and governance aspects of ESG investing because, as explained below, managers focusing on these issues will necessarily be positioning their companies for long-term value creation. ESG investing, also referred to as sustainable investing, will become a dominant investor theme of the 21st century, we believe. Integrating