ESG investing: breaking through the noise

Written by Jessica Pilz, Global Head of ESG at Fiera Real Estate.

Over the past few years, we have experienced an evolution in the importance of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) issues, both across the wider business community and society as a whole. Once perceived as a ‘nice to have’, ESG has swiftly transitioned to the forefront and is now considered essential to business and investment strategies. The pace at which regulations have evolved and emerged, as well as the level of expectation from the investment community, has left many scrambling to find the right answers and to build the right strategies…