Trustees should use ESG benchmarks to hold managers to account
Asset managers should be held to account on environmental, governance and social (ESG) issues by trustees according to Will Oulton.
The global head of responsible investments at First State Investments said a number of benchmarks could be drawn upon to do this. These include the United Nations backed Principles for Responsible Investment...
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