Center for Sustainable Business

CSB's Research Links ESG and Financial Performance

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SRI Investing
Corporations can drive better financial performance through mediating factors such as improved risk management and innovation. These benefits are evidenced in the long-term and help to provide downside protection, especially during a social or economic crisis. 

In Forbes' article, “SRI Investing, An Underrated Climate Change Solution,” the author highlights these findings from NYU Stern CSB’s ESG and Financial Performance meta-analysis, which examines more than 1,000 papers between 2015-2020 about the relationship between ESG and financial performance.

Excerpt: “We need to act now or risk falling further behind every day that we do not take action to conserve our planet and its resources.”

Read the full article here.