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General Theory of ESG Investing

 

WASHINGTON - May 22, 2022 - PRLog -- Controversies surrounding climate change, diversity, reproductive rights, and other issues have generated significant attention and confusion. We anticipate this uncertainty and volatility will continue.

William Michael Cunningham founded Creative Investment Research in 1989 to facilitate a style of investing that is concerned with the issues cited above after recognizing the inability of traditional investment styles to protect and further human needs. We are one of the premier firms in understanding and analyzing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and impact investing trends.

We have been guided by our General Theory of ESG Investing, a portion of which we have published today. As defined in our paper,

"Environmental, social, and corporate governance investing is a decision-making process concerning the purchase, sale and management of an asset or assets selected with the goal of attaining an increase in value over a period of time. ESG investing considers three factors as an explicit part of the selection and evaluation process."

As entities and institutions have begun to approach these issues, we have commented on ESG policy initiatives before regulatory entities, including the:
  • U.S. House Committee on Financial Services
  • US Department of Labor
  • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
  • US Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago and New York
  • European Union
  • International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
and several other public and private sector entities

We have sought to provide an opinion on ESG, based on our long experience, but understand that our expertise may not be appropriately valued. We have, therefore, released, as a public service, information on our general ESG investing theory.

One key finding of our research is that individual, singular environmental, social and governance issues and concerns are irrelevant. These change rapidly, so focusing on any one sector (E, S or G) is not relevant to general principles. This is where most ESG policy efforts fail.

For a copy of the paper, send an email request with your name, organization and address to info@creativeinvest.com

For more on the firm, see: https://creativeinvest.com/  and https://www.impactinvesting.online/2019/03/we-are-one-of-premier-firms-in.html

See: 
https://www.prlog.org/12918202-economist-publishes-general-theory-of-esg-investing.html 

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