Pareto ESG Global Corporate Bond Sustainability report 2024

Over the past few years, ESG investing has faced increasing scrutiny, with questions raised about its relevance, effectiveness, and overall impact. Initially, ESG was viewed as a framework for long-term sustainability, encouraging investors and companies to act in ways that promote social good, environmental stewardship, and responsible governance. 

However, its misuse, coupled with greenwashing, recent shifts in global priorities, underperformance of some ESG indices, and inconsistent policy approaches, have cast doubts on the future of ESG as a cohesive and unified concept.