Thought Leadership Highlights
Published in The Journal of Impact and ESG Investing, "From SRI to ESG: The Origins of Socially Responsible and Sustainable Investing"
It may be surprising to some that SRI has been around for decades, and ESG arrived in the mid-2000s. Inside this research paper published in The Journal of Impact and ESG Investing, “From SRI to ESG: The Origins of Socially Responsible and Sustainable Investing,” Bailard’s Blaine Townsend, CIMC®, CIMA®, EVP and Director of Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing, explores the history of SRI and ESG investing.
Published in Fast Company, "Your thinking about ESG is all wrong. Here’s what it’s really about"
In a byline published in Fast Company, Blaine Townsend, EVP and Director of Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing at Bailard, penns “Pushback from policymakers on ESG are conflating certain social issues in society with ESG investing. But ESG is not about ideology; rather, ESG is about data. Attacks on ESG lean heavily on false economics and myths.”
Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing in the age of Artificial Intelligence
Bailard’s Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing team examines how artificial intelligence is becoming a foundational, system-wide force across markets and portfolios—delivering both sustainability opportunities and material risks—while underscoring that its ultimate impact will depend on strong governance and responsible deployment.
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