If it will not lead to the radical changes and the “world after” so hoped for by many, the health crisis we are going through has at least had the merit of putting a number of thoughts back on the table in recent weeks. Starting with the vulnerability of our health systems, the limits of a globalised economic model based in particular on the relocation of supply chains, and the need for good management of human capital within companies.
In this context, financial players have more than ever a role to play in supporting the redirection of financial flows towards activities aligned with environmental and social transition. Moreover, the crisis has shown that the companies that best take these dimensions into account are also those that have best withstood the stock market crash that shook the markets between the end of February and the end of March. Proof, if further proof were needed, that ESG can be much more than a marketing argument and that the proper consideration of extra-financial criteria should become an increasingly differentiating factor for investors in the near future.
Extract from INVESTIR DURABLE magazine.
Link to the online article: https://www.linfodurable.fr/finance/investir-durable-6-lisr-face-la-crise-18952