The High Meadows Institute is focused on the role of business responsibility and leadership in building a 21st century social contract that can ensure sustainable economic and social progress in a global economy and society.
The Institute has published “Charting the Future for Capital Markets: A Survey of Current Progress and Practices”. The report is part of the Institute’s multi-year “Future of Capital Markets” initiative to assess how finance in the 21st century can “remain open, vibrant and sustainable and operate in the long-term interests of both investors and society.”
The report looks specifically at how financial institutions define “sustainability” and are working to incorporate nonfinancial data on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their valuation models and investment strategies. The report starts by examining the leading methodologies measuring the impact of “intangibles” and ESG factors on financial performance. It then looks at the current strategies and practices of top asset owners, asset managers, credit rating agencies, investment consulting investors and stock exchanges based on publicly available data.
