TY - JOUR T1 - Practical Applications of The State of ESG Investing: A Portfolio Management Perspective JF - Practical Applications DO - 10.3905/pa.2022.pa521 SP - pa.2022.pa521 AU - Stephen M. Horan AU - Elroy Dimson AU - Clive Emery AU - Kenneth Blay AU - Glen Yelton Y1 - 2022/07/12 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/early/2022/07/12/pa.2022.pa521.abstract N2 - In The State of ESG Investing: A Portfolio Management Perspective, from the Summer 2022 issue of The Journal of Impact and ESG Investing, authors Stephen M. Horan (of the University of North Carolina); Elroy Dimson (of Cambridge University); and Clive Emery, Kenneth Blay, and Glen Yelton (all of Invesco) explain the main challenges facing ESG investors and fund managers. ESG investors differ from traditional investors in that they seek to pursue nonfinancial goals through investments. Those goals vary widely, depending on investors’ particular interest in different ESG topics, intensity of commitment to nonfinancial goals, and preferences among different investing strategies. Therefore, investors, financial advisors, and fund managers need relevant, reliable, and relatable information to help them choose investments that align with their ESG goals.Unfortunately, there is a lack of such information—especially standardized company information that fund managers can aggregate to demonstrate ESG portfolio metrics over time. The authors present a framework to help investors articulate the information they need, help companies report information that investors and fund managers can use, and help regulators create reporting standards to make such information aggregable at the fund level so investors can easily compare and choose ESG funds.1 ER -