# CSB's Research Links ESG and Financial Performance

Center for Sustainable Business

September 14, 2021 ![SRI Investing](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/SRI%20Investing.png?itok=amONVRm3) 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](https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterkrull/2021/08/13/sri-investing-an-underrated-climate-change-solution/?sh=29558f05754c),” the author highlights these findings from NYU Stern CSB’s [ESG and Financial Performance meta-analysis](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/research/research-initiatives/esg-and-financial-performance), 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](https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterkrull/2021/08/13/sri-investing-an-underrated-climate-change-solution/?sh=29558f05754c).