Value of ESG Integration
The purpose of this two-part video series is to explore the scope and challenges of creating and implementing a market-leading ESG practice or offering. In this video, Alex introduces some of the potential benefits of ESG integration for investors and investees, including achieving superior returns and lengthening the performance cycle.
Overview
ESG integration, or an evaluation of the investee's business's environmental, social, and governance aspects to assess potential risks and opportunities, is the practice whereby the financial analysis is complemented by evaluation of off-balance-sheet items, which affect companies’ operations and business model.
Key learning objectives:
What are the potential benefits of ESG integration for both investors and investees?
Summary
Expert
Alex Struc
Alex is a fixed income investor with deep credit expertise. His work on liquid impact investing, deep expertise in financial markets, and a strong belief in the power of scalable frameworks to outperform and foster positive change drove him to found GOALSFIRST with a single vision of unlocking the full value of finance for change.
Prior to founding GOALSFIRST, Alex managed credit assets for PIMCO for nearly fifteen years, including the firmwide exposure to financials and the world largest bank capital fund. In 2014 he was named FN’s 40 under 40 asset managers for his work in this sector. In his earlier years, he built the firm’s European bank loan business and positioned PIMCO as a liquidity provider in that space by introducing relative value trading to this seemingly illiquid asset class.
