Getting up to Speed on ESG Strategies

Alice Chapple, Director for Sustainable Financial Markets at Forum for the Future, talks about the impact of the financial crisis and, indeed, environmental disasters such as the BP oil spill, on financial investing. Are we are likely to see environmental, social and governance factors routinely included in financial analysis in the future? And why is it important for investment firms to communicate their ESG initiatives to stakeholders? This interview highlights the growing importance of sustainable investment and how it could potentially develop. The interview also touches upon Forum for the Future's recently developed tool kit designed for fund managers in developing countries to encourage them to embed sustainability into their decision-making on investments. Alice will be speaking at the ESG Strategies for the Sustainable Investor conference in Belgium from 18th - 20th October. For further details about this event please visit www.esgstrategies.com. There is still time to book places, please call +44 (0) 207 368 9300 or email enquire@iqpc.co.uk.