"Stated very simply, while more and more companies are proclaiming their commitment to ’sustainability,’ their pension funds are virtually ignoring the topic."

[COMMENTARY] This is an important article for investors to read and portrays a real conundrum. Pension funds are under tremendous pressure to perform and cannot now legitimately ignore the potential better returns offered them by incorporating ESG criteria into their analytical framework.
The Risk And Opportunity For America’s Corporate Pension Plans, by Dr. Bob Eccles, January 10, 2017, Forbes, USA.