Sustainability
Sustainable investing
13/09/08 10:00
Portfolio International quoted Jan Altmann who is involved in research about sustainable investing due to several projects he has led for clients. Main arguments:
- Sustainable investing in investment products is no guarantee for performance
- The performanc eplus that many providers claim for their ethical, Islamic or sustainable portfolios are results of coincidence
- No systematic coherence found yet between sustainable management of a company and share prices although sustainable management can be successful
- Investors need to make their own decision on their own norms for investing
- Sustainable investments only make up a minority of investments and don’t put pressure on anyone - though shareholder activism and vote pooling makes sense