The financial and asset management industries have seen a significant rise in the Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) focus in their operations, especially since the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015. As ESG products become increasingly popular, designing and assuring ESG-compliant products is key to preventing reputational damage due to greenwashing. Our team explore these issues in the report below.
Firms must be able to market ESG products that are compliant by design. This approach allows companies to embed assurance testing procedures into products at the design stage to identify potential exposure to reputational damage from launch and throughout the entire product lifecycle.
