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ESG Risks and Opportunities in the Post-COVID Period

In: Post-COVID Economic Revival, Volume I

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  • Alexander S. Yukhno

    (Civic Chamber of Russia)

  • Natalia V. Sevalneva

    (PJSC Polyus)

Abstract

This chapter describes the key factors of investmentinvestment decision process during the last decade—the increased attention to ESG factors by companies and investors. The authors note that economic disruption caused by the pandemic may have intensified the progress in working toward UN Sustainable Development Goals by international organizations, companies, and many other environmentenvironment activists. In this paper, authors investigate the consequences of COVID-19 pandemic on UN Sustainable Development Goals and aspects of future ESG application by companies and investors. Recent studies demonstrate that ESG investmentinvestment strategy has seen better than the market performance in good times and also provided more stabilitystability to the portfolio during times of economy disruption. The increased focus on ESG by regulators, companies, and investors is supporting the developmentdevelopment of ESG reporting framework. The authors have come to the conclusion that COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated ESG agenda for economies and societies, suggested ESG trends and developed recommendations for boards and companies to keep up with them.

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  • Alexander S. Yukhno & Natalia V. Sevalneva, 2021. "ESG Risks and Opportunities in the Post-COVID Period," Springer Books, in: Vladimir S. Osipov (ed.), Post-COVID Economic Revival, Volume I, chapter 0, pages 155-169, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-83561-3_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-83561-3_11
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