"Profits, not ethics, are behind big-name investors′ interest in ESG issues."

[COMMENTARY] Now we know ESG has ’arrived’ and why it’s fast becoming integral to financial analysis. Investors everywhere are realizing it pays to incorporate ESG criteria in selecting investments no matter their moral compass. However, I’d still prefer that the new ESG oriented investors regard ethics as crucial to their own decision making and behaviour.
Why activists are cheerleaders for corporate social responsibility, by Lindsay Fortado, December 26, 2017, FT, UK.