ESG investment results in outperformance long term

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Introducing environmental, social and governance criteria into an investor's stock selection process has no negative impact and is more likely to lead to outperformance over the longer term, research suggests.

A study by RCM, a company of Allianz Global Investors, tested the impact of ESG issues on portfolio performance over the period 2006 to 2010. The evidence found investors could have added 1.6% a ye...

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