Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) elements are increasingly influencing investing and have given rise to specialist funds and market behaviours

Modern investors use many non-financial measures to decide which companies to back, and ESG strategies have become a crucial barometer of long term returns

Investment management company BlackRock, Inc. is the world's largest asset manager with US$10 trillion under management and is the defining ESG leader

US Merchant bank Middlemarch advised on the creation of Veransa, which converts leaves to compost and tree waste to biofuel pellets. Then it invested.

bfinance's Insurer Investment Survey shows the pandemic caused major shifts in ESG approaches as major insurance industry players move into unknown waters