MIT recently published a great article that clearly defines three major obstacles to adoption of sustainable investing practices, and also provides tangible ways to overcome those pressure points…
Can sustainable investing save the world? Jason Jay, director of the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, thinks so — with three caveats.
“What’s been happening over the last 20 years — and really accelerating over the last five years — is that investors are starting to consider the social and environmental impacts of companies as being important to their own return,” Jay said. “Capital markets are moving very fast to try to incorporate social and environmental performance into the way companies are valued and the way that investors take action.”
