“ESG is due for a rebrand. Instead of the tired controversy over its relevance, the debate has now moved on to how to measure the impact of investment decisions on people’s real lives. Increasingly what investors – professional and private – want to see is ‘I’, real impact, independently verified.”

[COMMENTARY] This article is a good commentary on the state of ‘S’ in ESG. It should be noted that Corporate Knights has a ranking of companies that attempts to measure the percentage of a company’s revenues that have a sustainable and healthy effect on the environment. This is the type of impact measurement that is missing in almost all ESG rating methods.
Opinion: Why investors want to see an ‘I’ in ESG, by Klara Kozlov, July 26, 2024, UK.