The Circular cuts to the heart of the issues that matter in the second ESG quarterly update for 2021…
What’s it all about?
Last year was one for the history (and math) books, featuring market movements at the extremes of experience as the pandemic took investors and economies into ‘unprecedented’ territory. But Covid-19 also revealed the value of ESG, according to the EOS 2020 Annual Review, with our stewardship group, EOS at Federated Hermes, noting important lessons from the year for corporate sustainability. While also highlighting the gamut of engagement and voting activities last year, the report says the period has underlined “why all businesses need to maintain a social licence to operate, underpinned by a corporate purpose”.
