ESG-Driven Investments

In-person roundtable: ESG-Driven Investments – Transparency, Accuracy and Greenwashing Issues Remain<br />

ESG-Driven Investments – Transparency, Accuracy and Greenwashing Issues Remain
WatersTechnology x FactSet logo

ESG-Driven Investments – Transparency, Accuracy and Greenwashing Issues Remain

November 30, 2023 │ 8:00AM - 10:00AM │ 1 Lombard Street, London EC3V 9AA

About the event

Led by WatersTechnology’s global content director, Victor Anderson, this roundtable will be an exclusive invitation-only gathering of senior executives from asset managers that are now incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused investments into their portfolios, driven principally by investor demand, especially across the mature markets of the US, the UK and Europe. But as the industry has witnessed over the course of the last two years, not all ESG data is created equally in terms of accuracy, transparency, and reliability. Objectivity and timeliness of ESG data continues to challenge even for the most sophisticated and best resourced buy-side firms, while greenwashing concerns persist.    

This roundtable discussion will focus on the following issues:

  • What role AI can play in helping buy-side firms create more accurate, timely, and financially correlated proprietary ESG scores that drive alpha
  • Back to the basics: Why ESG Revenue and Product Involvement is paramount in simplifying ESG performance and helping investors understand which companies are transitioning, and which are not 
  • How prevalent is greenwashing in the ESG market right now and how can data providers/aggregators help the buy side address greenwashing concerns? 
  • The role data providers can play in terms of ESG and Regulatory reporting, helping remove a non-core function from investment managers 

Fill out your information below.

Hosted by

Since 1985, WatersTechnology have been serving the financial community with independent expert journalism.

We have invested time and effort in speaking to you to see what kind of service you would like from us. Our information is now delivered faster, more frequently and is easier to navigate.

Our mission is to provide our customers with relevant and premium financial technology content in one place. More than just a website, www.waterstechnology.com is a multi-channel business intelligence platform that professionals within financial-market technology will learn to rely on and use as a working tool as the site will be interactive allowing you to comment and engage with other users.

FactSet helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. Our digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology globally. Clients across the buy-side and sell-side as well as wealth managers, private equity firms, and corporations achieve more every day with our comprehensive and connected content, flexible next-generation workflow solutions, and client-centric specialized support. As a member of the S&P 500, we are committed to sustainable growth and have been recognized amongst the Best Places to Work in 2023 by Glassdoor.