The End of the Road for ESG?


It’s easy to argue that a whole ESG edifice has been at best hugely oversold, or at worst built on shaky foundations, testimony mainly to the asset management world’s cynical opportunism. Well, that would certainly seem to be the conclusion of Stuart Kirk, infamously ousted as Head of Responsible Investment at HSBC Asset Management. But is it really the end of the road for ESG? In the latest episode of the Circularity Capital Insights Podcast, we speak to Circularity Capital founding partner Ian Nolan to unpick this question.

Highlights:

  • The limitations of the ESG movement in its current form

  • The damning conclusion of Stuart Kirk

  • Where do we go from here?

  • What are the priorities?

  • What could we achieve in the future?

jamie butterworth