JON DUNCAN: Stewardship rivals ESG integration in responsible investment
Sustainability issues can and do influence long-term return outcomes
17 January 2021 - 18:25
The term “shared value” is a technical term first coined by Harvard academics Michael Porter and Mark Kramer in 2011. The concept refers to “a management strategy in which companies find business opportunities in social and environmental problems”.
The central premise behind creating shared value is that the competitiveness of a company and the health of the communities and the environment around it are mutually dependent, with the concept, along with those of responsible investment and green growth, gaining traction in the period after the 2008 global financial crisis...
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