ESG Snapshot: Q1 2020

Key Themes

• As ESG continues to integrate with more general corporate governance concerns, shareholder resolutions and court cases continue to move the debate forwards.
• More high-profile businesses are choosing to commit to significant ESG-related goals.
• Though investor, regulator and public pressure grows to tackle climate change, it is proving difficult for governments to agree to ramp up emissions reductions actions, increase climate fnance and agree market mechanisms to help address climate change.
• There is increasing scrutiny (both by regulators and investors) of “greenwashing”, the process of conveying a false impression or providing misleading information about how a company’s products and actions are more environmentally sound.